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Message 1085894 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 1:16:39 UTC

Two days ago, I shut my ubuntu system down for minor maintenance (cleaning filters)
When I rebooted, I got an error message that grub could not find my drive to boot it.
I pulled out that drive, and reinstalled 10.10 amd-64 on another drive. Today, as a trial to see
what would happen, I re-installed the messed up drive and ran update-grub. Found the drive,
rebooted, and got access. I have a bunch of seti and einstein wu's on the drive I reinstalled.
Is there any to transfer them to the newly installed version of 10.10 as I really do not trust the
drive I replaced?

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Message 1085913 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 2:11:14 UTC

It should be as easy as moving the data folder over to the proper place on the new drive.

You might have to check permissions as well.

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Message 1085978 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 4:27:00 UTC

Note that if you are currently running SETI on the new OS, you cannot simply merge the two BOINC data folders.
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Message 1085994 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 5:51:18 UTC - in response to Message 1085978.  

Note that if you are currently running SETI on the new OS, you cannot simply merge the two BOINC data folders.


I have done nothing re SETI on the new drive. OS is the same. I will try to do a locate on the original drive to find the data files. Question is, if I find them, should I install BOINC, then transfer the data files, or do the transfer first. I would hate to loose the WU's, as some have a due date of 3-17-2011, and some on 3-22-2011. These that have these close dates are all Einstein WU's, all of my SETI WU's are in April.
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Message 1086018 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 8:51:33 UTC - in response to Message 1085994.  

Question is, if I find them, should I install BOINC, then transfer the data files, or do the transfer first.

Search for client_state* and transfer the complete directory tree first, then install; but you should check the permissions nevertheless, as arkayn suggested.

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Message 1086115 - Posted: 11 Mar 2011, 17:47:48 UTC

Move the files over, then install BOINC and make sure that it points to the data folder while installing.

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