[olug] Re: [Wftl-lug] Saving email messages, bookmark files and addressbook entries

[Rob Townley]

i had problems using Fat 32 because Some programs would want to set
permissions and of course you can't do that an a Fat32 partition. What
is the secret to using a Fat32 /home directory?

On 4/8/06, Miguel Guhlin <mguhlin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Joe, look in your /home/username directory. Note that there are probably
> invisible folders (preceeded by a period "./") that you will have to
> copy. Start up with a Kanotix CD (Live) and hook everything up. That
> will give you access to your /home directory and you can copy everything
> off to your hard drive. I bet Kanotix won't have any problem reading the
> external drive.
>
> As to what distro to switch to, I recommend UbuntuLinux. Although
> there's tons of advice, here's what I use on a regular basis:
> http://www.mguhlin.net/blog/archives/2006/03/entry_1214.htm
>
> In regards to Thunderbird, note that you can access the settings and
> force it to go to a different place to save your LOCAL FOLDER. I like to
> put the local folder on another drive (formatted FAT32) so that I can
> access the data regardless of whether I'm on Linux or WinXP.
> If it's any consolation, I'm able to play mp4 videos without problem
> using Firefox on UbuntuLinux.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Miguel Guhlin
> http://www.mguhlin.net/blog
>
> Joe Gulizia wrote:
>
> >I'm planning on switching distro's but want to save my
> >email messages, web bookmarks, edresses, and some
> >documents first.  Where do I find these files?  Using
> >Thunderbird for email and primarily Firefox for web
> >browsing.
> >
> >Mainly my current OS doesn't like external USB hard
> >drives (global permissions can't be set). The floppy
> >drive can't be accessed (not found or not mounted)I
> >can't get any media player to play the .mp4 video
> >files I need to check, either.
> >
> >Thank you
> >Joe Gulizia
> >
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