[mythtv-users] Reinstalling FC4 and want to use backed up MySQL MythTV database

[Gary M]

On 2/12/06, Matthew K. Lee <fratlee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/12/06, Gary M <garymcm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I decided to upgrade my FC3 Myth box to FC4. The process did not go
> smoothly
> > and I had multiple errors. Made the mistake of walking away from it for
> a
> > week, and had no clue how or where to start. So I decided to reinstall
> FC4
> > from scratch. I preserved my /video partition and dumped my MySQL
> database.
> > I'd prefer not to lose the /video contents so I sort of planned to just
> > import the database once I get myth back again. Is this a naive? Any
> advice
> > would be welcome.
> >
> > --
> > Gary M
>
> Gary,
>
> I've had very good luck with this.  I used the "mysqldump" method of
> backing up the database and then used the instructions to move the
> data to new hardware as outlined in the MythTV documentation.  Please
> see the following link for more details.
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.7
>
> Good luck,
>
> Matt
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Thanks for the link. I did as it said and see all my shows in mythfrontend.
However, the log says it cannot find the shows. Any ideas?

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Gary M
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