[mythtv-users] Lost all recordings because of ".xsession-errors" file

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 10/13/2012 01:27 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>>
>> OUCH.... Someone ought to add a few entries in the various wiki's and
>> readme's that your media should be stored on it's own partition(s)...
>
>
> I think what you mean "Someone ought to figure out a way to get users to
> find/notice/read the entries in the various wikis and readmes that your
> media should be stored on its own partition(s)."  :)

Or myth distros could enforce setting up the data on a different
partition so that 1st time users aren't caught in a trap. There is
enough to learn when first installing mythtv without needing to second
guess a supposedly specialist distro's partitioning scheme (or lack of
scheme).

/var/lib/mythtv may be the default location for the recordings
directory because of some desire to go with filesystem purity, but it
is difficult to set as a separate partition on installation, and
non-intuitive, particularly if you haven't set up mythtv before and
have got lost in the wiki.