Trying to rescue my evolution folder from Xandros

[kojak666]

Hi my xandros system won't boot, it hangs when trying to load the kernel. before I reinstall I want to use knoppix to back up my evolution folder as well as some other docs and such. However I am unable to copy the evolution folder because I don't have the permissions. I've tried chmod 666 on the evolution folder, which lets me access the folder but I can't see any of the contents. If anyone can tell me what to do about this I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks

[windos_no_thanks]

If you are doing it as root you shouldn't have problems with permissions.

[kojak666]

That's what I thought too, so maybe I'm just doing something wrong I type cp /mnt/hda2/home/phil/phil_old/evolution
/mnt/win/storage/backup/evolution
and it tells cp: omitting directory`/mnt/hda2/home/phil/phil_old/evolution'

[Stephen]

Try sudo cp -R /........ and you should make a /home partition next time you install and not have to worry about this type of thing again.

[windos_no_thanks]

That's what I thought too, so maybe I'm just doing something wrong I type cp /mnt/hda2/home/phil/phil_old/evolution
/mnt/win/storage/backup/evolution
and it tells cp: omitting directory`/mnt/hda2/home/phil/phil_old/evolution'
You need to use "cp -R ..." or "cp -r ..." when copying directories.

[kojak666]

Thanks you guys are lifesavers, and yes I've been kicking myself for not creatint a separate /home partition.
Thanks again