[mythtv-users] Advice on clean install/upgrade of OS an MythTV?

[Will Dormann]

On 3/5/14, 9:39 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> Rsync the /var/lib/mysql folder onto the video drive. That would be the
> mythconverg database!

Maybe if mysql isn't running at the time, this could give you a valid
backup.    But it would be more wise to do a proper database backup:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Database_Backup


-WD