XPost: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 04/13/2013 09:42 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   	But then it went away or at least the damn home directory was   
   munged and back to work.   
   	haven't managed to configure my home Thunderbird yet   
   so back to work.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   > On 04/12/2013 09:59 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >      About problems but today reports success.   
   >      I finally go it setup properly it seems.  Well I thought   
   > I was there on Friday but the test account i was working on   
   > wiped out all the directories and files in its /Home/user   
   > directory between boots.  I have spent lots of energy today   
   > trying to remove the empty directory.   
   >      I had to do just that with my original user account then re-create   
   > it and then re-establish the link between ahome/user/Data directory and   
   > the /data partition.   
   >      On the other hand I have straightened out the /data partition (in   
   > main hard drive) and /Adata partition (Adata on backup external hard   
   > drive) permissions so that I can read and write to them.   
   >   
   >      The PCLOS install is simpler and more complicated than the Mandriva.   
   > Mandriva has everything done at the end of the Install but the PCLOS   
   > makes you reboot before you can add the name you are using, root   
   > passwords and primary user accounts.  My /data directory seems to   
   > have confused the install scripts and the /data directory was the only   
   > one written to my User directory.  So that was very sucky.   
   >   
   >    I think it would have been find but for my eccentric partitioning   
   > scheme.  In the meantime I could not locate my documents on setting   
   > up the /data directory to  data partition properly.   
   >      I did learn how to to backup and restore on Thunderbird though   
   > so the time was not totally wasted,   
   >   
   >         Have been spending all day setting up KDE to my liking   
   > but Thursday night was so intense that I could not remember to   
   > take my medications and supplements at bedtime and was   
   > up for hours after that.   
   >   
   >       Had to use root to keep up with my email and Usenet posts.   
   >   
   >      Further   
   >      bliss   
   >   
      
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