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14 Oct 2012 13:24:22 UTC
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    Hi. For reasons unknown to me, my Ubuntu installtion in a dual-boot system won't boot up and therefore I'm unable to continue to the work that was being processed. (It's high-time that I re-installed I upgrade my OS, anyway.) I would like to know if I can transfer the files from my earlier installation (I have access to my home directory) and continue the work in the new OS.

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    Continuing Work from Old OS in the New

    14 Oct 2012 21:25:37 UTC
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      Yes,
      Just copy the BOINC folder/s to `a safe place` reinstall your OS copy the BOINC folder/s back to where they should be and then reinstall BOINC.
      Depending how you run BOINC in Linux you may not need to reinstall,
      just clicking on boinc manager app may start it up and you iz good to go.
      I take it you are running the default install of Ubuntu that does not use a seperat Home partition.
      I much prefer to have Home on a partition of its own the traditional Linux way so that the OS, in Root, can broken/fixed without bothering any personal files in Home,

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      Thanks for the

      15 Oct 2012 9:10:20 UTC
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        Thanks for the reply.

        Quote:
        Yes,
        Just copy the BOINC folder/s to `a safe place` reinstall your OS copy the BOINC folder/s back to where they should be and then reinstall BOINC.

        That's good know...

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        Depending how you run BOINC in Linux you may not need to reinstall,
        just clicking on boinc manager app may start it up and you iz good to go.

        In what way does it depend on how BOINC is run in Linux? Could you please be more specific?

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        I take it you are running the default install of Ubuntu that does not use a seperat Home partition.
        I much prefer to have Home on a partition of its own the traditional Linux way so that the OS, in Root, can broken/fixed without bothering any personal files in Home,

        I had /home on a separate partition. And I intend to do it that way with fresh install as well.

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        Just one more question (for

        15 Oct 2012 17:49:39 UTC
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          Just one more question (for now): would it matter if I install, say, Linux Mint instead of Ubuntu? Can I still continue with the previous workload by simply copying the folders over to the new installation? I know that Mint is basically Ubuntu in a different guise, but I just want to make sure that it's all right.

          Thanks.

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          What i ment by `run BOINC in

          15 Oct 2012 19:28:26 UTC
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            What i ment by `run BOINC in Linux` is how you start boinc,
            for me i do not start boinc with the OS, i prefer to start it later after the system/OS has done its thing,
            the install from ubuntu repositories may put an icon on the desktop or start boinc from a script, i have never done it that way,
            i always got boinc from internet download.
            If the boinc you are now using is from ubuntu repos` it may have customizations that only work in ubuntu,
            and i have no way of knowing if they will work in mint.

            I dont think there will be any problem changing from ubuntu to mint only a few hidden config files left over in home should get overwriten/updated by the mint installer

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            RE: What i ment by `run

            16 Oct 2012 5:44:46 UTC
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              Quote:

              What i ment by `run BOINC in Linux` is how you start boinc,
              for me i do not start boinc with the OS, i prefer to start it later after the system/OS has done its thing,
              the install from ubuntu repositories may put an icon on the desktop or start boinc from a script, i have never done it that way,
              i always got boinc from internet download.
              If the boinc you are now using is from ubuntu repos` it may have customizations that only work in ubuntu,
              and i have no way of knowing if they will work in mint.

              I dont think there will be any problem changing from ubuntu to mint only a few hidden config files left over in home should get overwriten/updated by the mint installer

              Thanks much. I got my previous installer directly from E@H website.

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