[mythtv-users] Copy frontend settings to new frontend keeping both

[Kris Jensen]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Mike Rice <mikerice1969 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems like this should be easy but I don't know how to do it.  I currently
> have a frontend (hostname=nucfrontend) setup exactly how I want it.  I
> bought another machine that I want to put upstairs.  It is almost exactly
> the same so I just want to copy the settings from nucfrontend to the new
> box (nuci3frontend).
>
> I can do this:
>
> mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="XXXX"
> --new_hostname="YYYY"
>
> but it seems to remove the settings for old_hostname (tried it with a
> really old hostname I had in there).  I need to keep both.
>
> I tried the custom-identifier route but I couldn't get that to work.  I
> need a different AudioOutputDevice on each.  Changing on one frontend
> breaks the other.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>

Could maybe try to clone the hard drive.

That my first thought.



Kris.
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