[mythtv-users] MB Blew up - How do I move the database to the new system?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Fri Jun 15 15:49:32 UTC 2007


On 6/15/07, Michael Jones <mythlist at michaelandholly.com> wrote:
>
> To add to the category "I hate it when that happens"...
>
> The mb on my FC3 system died and I replaced the board with the same
> model (slightly different revision) but the OS won't boot.  The data
> is fully intact when I boot single user.. but I can't (or at least I
> think I can't) export the database under single user mode.
>
> I've installed a new system with Knoppmyth on a different drive - the
> old drive is still fully intact .. it just won't boot.   The new
> system is "almost" up and running (just a couple little tweaks to
> make and I'm back up again.
>
> I'd like to move the mysql database from the old FC3 drive to the new
> knoppmyth system so that I can keep my recordings.
>
> What's the best way to accomplish this.


Boot off a livecd. mount your /
then chroot into your old environment then

Backup the database with mysqldump and restore

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrading_from_0.18.1_to_0.19_on_Fedora_4_from_ATrpms


John
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