[mythtv-users] Upgrade path for Mythbuntu 14.04?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:09:42 -0600, you wrote:

>You can upgrade directly from any LTS version to the next LTS version.
>You usually have to wait for the .1 release before this works though.
>So you can directly upgrade from 14.04.x to 16.04.1.  I prefer to do
>it using the command line: do-release-upgrade.
>
>Personally, I prefer to run two bootable partitions so I can run any
>new system in parallel with the old one until I have the new one
>working properly.  But doing a full backup before upgrading also
>works.  I use Clonezilla for full backups.
>
>Mythbuntu still exists as a 16.04.1 distribution, so it is best to use
>that and upgrade to it.  Worry about the problem of Mythbuntu going
>away next time around.
>
>Before you do the OS upgrade though, do the MythTV upgrade to 0.28 on
>14.04.  You really do not want to be doing both upgrades at once and
>0.28 is good on 14.04.
>
>Do you use external frontends or network tuners?  Are any of your
>internal tuners slow to start up (eg slow loading firmware)?  If so,
>then the default systemd settings for mythbackend in 16.04.1 will not
>work and you will need to override them.  I worked out how to do this,
>and Jim Abernathy has put it in his install guide available here:
>
>http://mythtvinstall.blogspot.co.nz/2016/12/how-to-install-
>mythbuntu-16041.html
>
>I think it is also available from the MythTV Wiki now.
>
>
>Stephen-
>
>Thanks for the information. I'm transitioning from a pair of Hauppauge
>PVR-500 dual-encoder cards to a Ceton InfiniTV 6 ETH tuner box for my cable
>service as I write this.  Not sure if the Ceton would be considered slow
>starting as I haven't had it running very much yet.
>
>
>I will look at the link you provided tomorrow morning. Thank you!

The ETH means it is a network tuner, so you will need to do the
systemd fix.