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[Dave Plater <dave.plater@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Knott wrote:
> Dave Plater wrote:
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> > James Knott wrote:
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> > > Dave Plater wrote:
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> > > > Hi, I'm about to reinstall 11.1 in 64 bit version, are there any known
> > > > problems ie. if I backup my home will I still have my emails etc when I
> > > > restore it to 64 bit 11.1?
> > > > Regards
> > > > Dave P
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> > > Assuming you're using POP email, all your mail etc should be in your
> > > home directory.  Just don't format your /home partition.  As always,
> > > backups can save a lot of grief.
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> > Already on 64 bit, all mail intact, only problem I had was I did the
> > backup as root and had to change all the files owners.
> > Regards
> > Dave P
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> >     
> ????
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> A proper backup should preserve that info.
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I think I did a stupid thing and unchecked the preserve attributes box
in the mc copy dialog.
Regards
Dave P

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