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

[Kris Jensen]

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Kris Jensen <kris.jensen.knj at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Mike Rice <mikerice1969 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="XXXX"
>> --new_hostname="YYYY"
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>> 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?
>>
>>
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> Could maybe try to clone the hard drive.
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> That my first thought.
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> Kris.
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Opps.  meant to add:

Then reboot and rename the new FE.
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