[mythtv-users] Copying an install [progress!]

[Nick]

On 27/03/06, Dawson, Guy <Guy.Dawson at eu.sony.com> wrote:
> In case anyone is interested.
>
> I have made some progress in my attempts to clone my existing Myth box.  I
> realised that the original 0.18.1 RPMs were still in the apt cache of the
> existing system,  so I used these to install the save version of Myth on the
> new box.
>
> It occurs to me that this technique may be of use to those wishing to set up
> slave backends or new stand alone frontends without having to upgrade
> systems that are working just fine.

On a related note, setting up a local repo using YAM will make things
much quicker if updating multiple machines:

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/yam/

Nick