Darren, I would be doing both. To an FAT32 drive I share with XP-Pro and burning a to a CD-ROM
Thanks, Kelley On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 19:23, D. D. Brierton wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 00:00, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote: > > How does one backup Evolution so that it still works after either a > > fresh OS install or an upgrade? > > What media are you planning to back up to? Let's assume you have some > disk partition or something already mounted on your system. Then all you > have to do is this: > > evolution --force-shutdown > tar -cjvf /path/to/backup/mountpoint/evolution.tar.bz2 ~/evolution > ~/.gconf/apps/evolution > > To restore, do this: > > evolution --force-shutdown > cd ~ > tar -xjvf /path/tp/backup/mountpoint/evolution.tar.bz2 > > If you are planning on backing up to CD-R(W) then reply and tell you the > extra steps you need to take.n > > > Thanks. > > You're welcome. > > Best, Darren -- J. Kelley Jernigan The Hovercrafters Resource http://www.hovercraftersresource.com - Registered Linux User # 282143 Mandrake 9.2 - "If what you believe does not reflect truth, then what you feel does not reflect reality." Dr. Neil Anderson _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
