Re: Account/Calendar etc. backup

Ken Adams wrote:
I am about to due a complete FRESH install of Ubuntu as I have been
offline for some time and my present install is very "Dirty" after
playing around. I have a large amount of data stored within Evolution,
ie. Account/Personal Details, Calendars, Contacts and Tasks etc.

I would like to backup all this data and restore it into my fresh
install once it is done. I am on Ubuntu 7.04 and Evolution 2.10.1 at the
moment and will be installing Ubuntu 8.04 once it is released fully.

I have looked online without too much luck and have decided to ask here
well in advance before I break anything.

How do I backup all my Evolution data for safe keeping during major
Ubuntu upgrades and for that matter System crash safeguards...

I don't really want to stay with Ubuntu 7.04 for ever!!!!!!

Rgds Ken



Others have replied to your query. I just wanted to mention that for
exactly these kind of scenarios I keep my /home on a separate partition.
That way I can reinstall my system anytime I want while keeping the
/home partition and my data on it untouched. No need to back up anything
... well, one should always backup before reinstalling just in case
something goes wrong during installation - but that is a safety
precaution. If all goes well, your /home will work just as before (as
long you create your users in the same order as you did in the previous
install -- to keep the same uids and guids). Perhaps you may want to try
this out next time you install your Linux OS.

regards,
->HS



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