[mythtv-users] Upgrading question for the general populace

[Scott Francis]

I have an .14 MythTV installed on Fedora Core 1 using Jarod's guide.  I am greatly looking forward to upgrading to the .15 release when it comes out and also getting the newer version of IVTV when its available also.  In looking at Jarod's guide I'm seeing something that is getting me a little nervous in regards to my kernel version.

My current kernel version is 2.4.22-1.2166.nptl_35.rhfc1.at

Unfortunately this kernel is no longer supported by Axel, so my upgrade unfortunately isn't the super easy path.  Based on this I believe I have one of two options as far as the upgrade goes.

1)  I can follow Jarod's instructions for bringing in the new kernel and new kernel packages and then upgrade my myth and ivtv drivers
2)  I can just keep my current drivers and download mythtv source, and rebuild/install in that manner.

What I'm trying to figure out is what method is going to be the safest and most stable.  

I'm personally not too afraid of downloading myth from cvs and compiling.  I used the apt-get model in order to streamline the install (The wife was also complaining that I was taking too much time to get the thing running).  I'm always abject to changing a running system, but the .15 release has too many features/fixes that I've heard of that I'm already preparing the significant other for the downtime.

The one thing I don't want to do is bork my system so badly that I'm starting from scratch.  I don't own a big enough dog house to deal with the consequences :)

Any advice would be most welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Scott Francis