Darren, Thank you for the specifics.
As you say, it's simple from the command line. But only if you know how to do it. :) On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 04:00, D. D. Brierton wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 01:08, J. Kelley Jernigan wrote: > > > I would be doing both. > > To an FAT32 drive I share with XP-Pro and burning a to a CD-ROM > > Okay, if you are backing up to a FAT32 drive then just follow the steps > below. (I am assuming your FAT32 drive/partition is mounted somewhere on > your system. Just replace "/path/to/your/backup/mountpoint" with the > actual mountpoint of your FAT32 drive/partition. > > To back up to a CD-R(W), do this. First, as root, do this: > > cdrecord -scanbus > > and make a note of the device number (it has the form x,y,z) of the CD > burner you want to use that is reported by the above command. In what > follows, replace x,y,z with the actual number you need (it's likely to > be something like 1,0,0 or 0,0,0). Then do this: > > cd ~ > evolution --force-shutdown > tar -cjvf evolution.tar.bz2 ~/evolution ~/.gconf/apps/evolution > mkisofs -o evolution.iso -J -R -V "Evolution Backup" evolution.tar.bz2 > cdrecord -v dev=x,y,z evolution.iso > > When it is all finished you can double check that your CD backup is good > by mounting the CD and doing the following: > > md5sum evolution.tar.bz2 /mountpoint/of/cd/evolution.tar.bz2 > > and making sure that the same number is returned for both files. > > Once you know that your CD is good you can remove the backup files from > your system by doing this: > > rm ~/evolution.tar.bz2 ~/evolution.iso > > To restore your backup just mount your CD and do this: > > cd ~ > evolution --force-shutdown > tar -xjvf /mountpoint/of/cd/evolution.tar.bz2 > > HTH, Darren > > > 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
