[ale] Recovering Evolution from external device

[DANIEL S LAMBERT]

I didn't in the previous install, but I have started to create a separate /home in all of my installations now.I will be doing a clean install this time on the laptop, and will have a separate /home partition in it for sure.

Thanks for the reminder, though. I appreciate the help!

Dan




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From: Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sun, December 27, 2009 1:46:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Recovering Evolution from external device

On Sun December 27 2009, Dan Lambert wrote:
> > I had a system crash in an earlier version of Ubuntu that is on a dual
> > boot drive with XP. (note I didn't have to mention the vendor.
> > Everyone knows who it is.) For some reason I haven't been able to
> > determine yet, the root partition is apprently corrupted, and the
> > system won't boot from the Ubuntu installation.

did you have /home as a separate file system? This is the best way to do it, 
so you can reinstall ANY distro ( almost?) and format the "/" partition and 
leave the /home partition alone. I've probably formatted & reloaded linux on 
my laptop a dozen times, yet I still have all my emails from the very first 
install.. 4 years later..

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