[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu discontinued--existing ISO or manual?

[DryHeat122 .]

Alright, thatnks.  I am installing from the ISO.  It's giving me a number
of options, and I'm not sure which is the best one to choose.  The current
install of 12.04 has developed problems with its mysql plugin and can't
connect to my HDPVR any more, so I don't want to choose an option that
might import those problems to the new install.  So...

"Upgrage Mythbuntu 12.04 LTS to Mythbuntu 16.04 LTS"

This is really what I want to do. The current install of 12.04 has
developed problems with its mysql plugin and can't connect to my HDPVR any
more, so I don't want to choose this option if it risks importing those
problems to the new install.  Also I remember reading somewhere that
upgrade from 12 to 16 was not wise without doing intermediate upgrades.
When I choose this option it says it's going to "format partition #5 of
SCSI190,0,0)(sda) as swap."  So it's only going to format the swap
partition and not the whole of sda?

"Erase Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and resinstall"

This seems like the safer option give the comment above, but the installer
warns that it will "delete all your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS programs, documents,
photos, and any other files."  I have videos saved on a second
drive/partition (sdb) and I've backed this up but it would take several
hours to restore so I don't want it to be erased if possible.  I've backed
up mythconverg, etc.

There is also a "something else" option which I haven't explored but may
allow me to tell it to wipe sda and install there.

What to do?




On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Mike Bibbings <mike.bibbings at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 16/07/17 14:45, DryHeat122 . wrote:
>
> I was getting ready to install Mythbuntu to replace an older install when
> I found this announcement
> <https://sites.google.com/a/mythbuntu.org/website/home/news/mythbuntusolongandthanksforallthefish>
> that it is dead. That's a pity because last time I used it, it REALLY
> streamlined MythTV setup.
>
> Anyway there is still a 16.04 ISO available.  I'm wondering if it's a
> mistake to use this (for future update purposes) versus doing as they
> suggest and "installing a slim distro (perhaps Xubuntu
> <https://xubuntu.org/>), add the Mythbuntu Repos, and install and
> configure MythTV from there."
>
>
> The mythbuntu 64bit torrent is still active, so you can download.
>
> You should also install LTS Enablement Stack (gives a later kernel,
> xserver etc)  for Desktop 16.04  see  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> Kernel/LTSEnablementStack
>
> Alternatively if you don't mind a slightly  different look and feel from
> xfce, install Lubuntu (even slimmer than Xubuntu) add mythbuntu repo and
> install mythtv
> package (gives you complete frontend/backend with database) see
> https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Debian for Available
> packages
>
> Mike
>
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