Trying to rescue my evolution folder from Xandros

**kojak666** · 03-12-2004, 08:34 AM

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** · 03-12-2004, 08:58 AM

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

**kojak666** · 03-12-2004, 09:13 AM

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** · 03-12-2004, 09:33 AM

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** · 03-12-2004, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by 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'

You need to use "cp -R ..." or "cp -r ..." when copying directories.