Re: [Evolution] Transfer to new computer

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 14:53 -0400, Celsun . wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does the following include ALL steps to transfer evolution settings to a new 
> computer?
>
> Old computer:
>
> Mandrake 9.2 Evolution 1.4.6
>
> evolution --force-shutdown
>
> cd ~
>
> find ~/evolution/local/ -name “mbox.*” -exec rm -f {} \;
>
> tar -cvzf /mnt/jumpdrive/evolution.tar.gz evolution .gconf/apps/evolution
>
>
> New computer:
>
> Mandrake 10.0 Evolution 1.4.6
>
> evolution --force-shutdown
>
> gconftool-2 --shutdown
>
> cd ~
>
> tar -xvzf /mnt/jumpdrive/evolution.tar.gz
>
>
> When I did this the first time, I didn't know about the 
> “gconftool-2” shutdown.  Although the transfer to the new 
> computer was successful at the time, today when I opened Evolution, 
> everything I restored was GONE.

Everything?  Or just your settings?  I dont believe everything would be gone.

I just transferred to a new hdd, and the above steps worked fine (evo 1.5 mind you, but it should make no difference).

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Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution and Free Software Developer