[mythtv-users] MB died, reinstallation help/advice
darth vader
darth.vader.sl at gmail.com
Wed May 21 12:16:41 UTC 2008
I have to reinstall my system. I had a working Mythdora 4 box, but the
MB died. Got a new board, and put the old drive in it, and it refuses
to boot. LVM error. See here (http://g-ding.tv/?q=node/3412) if
interested.
Anyway, I can access the LVM's on the old drive via a knoppix boot cd.
I have copied off all my videos, and recordings. I have also copied
off the daily DB backups that were done.
So long story short, I have to use the old data drive for the new
install. I don't have any other sata drives laying around.
How can I install on the new system and get all my old data back. From
reading up, I can do the new install, copy my recorded shows over to
/storage/recordings, drop the mythconverge database, recreate it from
the backup(a backup was done a less then 24 hours before the crash,
lucky me), then restart myth. From what I read, myth will upgrade the
DB to the new schema if needed correct?
I am just trying to find a way to do this as painless as possible. Any
advice on the steps to do this, or to correct my LVM issue would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks
joe
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