[mythtv-users] how to upgrade tp 0.17 AND move to a new HW ?

[Fred Squires]

On Apr 6, 2005 2:39 AM, Uwe Schmidt <uwe.uwe at gmx.de> wrote:
> Actually, I ran a 0.16 with two DVB-S cards mounted in an old 400 MHz PC,
> SuSe 9.1, compiled from source, running as backend only.
> 
> everything is working quite well, but I want to move the DVB-S cards to a
> housing where cooling them is possible. For the old Siemens-PC-housing,
> there is no possibiolity to mount any fans in a senseful way therefor.
> and, because of DVB-support improved a lot from 0.16 to 0.17, I also want to
> upgrade.
> 
> so, question:
> how to upgrade and move to another HW ?
> - first install the 0.16 on the new HW, install database-backup from old
> box, copy /video to the new one and upgrade to 0.17
> - install 0.17 on the new HW, copy /video and - erm, how to restore
> db-backup ?
> - ??
> 
> another question:
> if backend is upgraded to 0.17, do I need to upgrade the frontends also ? or
> are the protocols 0.17 / 0.16 compatible ?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Uwe

What I did was I installed .17 and then I copied my .16 db files over
to the new pc and it worked just fine.  Of course I can't garauntee
you'll have the same experience as I did.
I would also wait, because I hear that .18 should be coming out soon.

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