[mythtv-users] Fedora 16 for mythTV

[David Liana]

On 12/9/11, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I know that atrpms has all the needed packages, and maintenance would
>> not be an issue.  My concern is transitioning from fedora to a
>> different (albeit similar system).  I would not want to do a fresh
>> reinstall because I have so many configurations and tweaks on my
>> system that it would take a long time to recreate.
>
> It shouldn't be too bad with proper preparation. I did a clean install
> from F10 to F12. I have a separate /home volume and I copied /etc and
> a myth database backup to it before I did the fresh install. It took a
> little while to get everything back to 100% but it wasn't too bad.
>
> Richard

+1

Another thing would be to tar your current set up and then throw it in
a virtual machine somewhere else.  That way you have a running copy of
what you currently have.  May be overkill though.