[mythtv-users] Bad drive on .24 system - what files to save?

[Doug Young]

If you copy over the database and the recordings, it should bring the
mythtv-setup configuration with it.  The first question is do you want to
upgrade, or would you prefer to stay with 24?  There are valid reasons for
both answers.

In either case:
Backup your database
Copy your recordings directories (and, in my case, Videos directories).

For 0.24, you can get the files from the mythbuntu launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~mythbuntu/+archive/0.24/+build/3392003
I used these files on my raring (13.04) system.  I had to hunt down a few
.deb's for dependencies (notably, libudev0), but some quick google-fu was
all that took.

For 0.25, you can just install from the ppa and it should pick up your
database and recordings and upgrade accordingly.
-- 
Doug

PS: As you can probably tell, I'm still on .24.  For those of you in the
upgrade or die camp ... meh.  I treat my myth boxen as appliances.  They
get upgrades only when necessary for security breaches or features I'm
desperate for.  I have about 8 front ends that would need to be upgraded in
relative sync with the backend, so it's an undertaking to upgrade them all.
-- D


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Dave Matthews <n36078 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I lost a drive when I let Ubuntu do a 12.04 upgrade.  This is on a machine
> that has been running Myth since 2008 and was running .24.
>
> The new drive will go in this weekend and I will probably just clean
> install the OS and Myth.  I am assuming that .25 will install with Ubuntu
> (not MythBuntu).  My plan is to copy over the database and recordings
> directory if possible.  I would prefer to keep the configuration that I had
> and not have to go through the tuner setups again.  I will try to get .24
> installed if I can get the packages.
>
> What files / directories should I attempt to recover so that when .25 is
> installed it will act as an upgrade and use the old configuration?  Any
> suggestions on how to do the install?
>
> Dave
>
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