I was helping something with a fc3->fc5 upgrade last night that went sour. So my suggestion is don't upgrade, do a clean install. Others had told me the proper way to upgrade is fc3->fc4->fc5, but I would still go for the clean install as you suggested below.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:voidtrance@comcast.net">voidtrance@comcast.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:voidtrance@comcast.net">voidtrance@comcast.net</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Thank you for your reply!<br><br>Here is what I am planning on doing:<br>1. Save my database as it is
<br>2. Save any importable files (xorg.conf, ~/.lirc, etc.)<br>3. Save any other needed info<br>4. Wipe the OS partition, leaving /video and /buffer partitions untouched.<br>5. Install FC4/5 on the empty OS partition<br>6. Import saved database into MySQL
<br>7. Install mythtv-suite<br>8. Configure mythtv-suite<br><br>All this seems pretty streight foreward, except the configuration part but running mythtv-setup should just do the right thing as mythtv-setup should find the old database and do any changes if needed, right?
<br><br>Thanx<br><br><br> -------------- Original message ----------------------<br>From: "Michael T. Dean" <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>><br>> On 09/21/06 12:54, Mitko Haralanov wrote:
<br>><br>> >Hi, my Myth box is currently running FC3 with MythTV 0.19. It is<br>> >working pretty well (although with a few glitches here and there).<br>> ><br>> >Now that MythTV 0.20 is out and looking at the very long list of fixes
<br>> >and new features, I really want to update my software. The difficulty<br>> >is that I don't want to loose any of my saved recordings.<br>> ><br>> >My video partition is separate and it will not be touched during the
<br>> >install process but I am concerned about the database. Can I just dump<br>> >the database and then re-import it into MythTV 0.20? Will that work<br>> >correctly?<br>> ><br>> >If not, can someone point me to a document or just outline the
<br>> >procedure for me?<br>> ><br>><br>> Basically, yes, but make sure you re-import it /before/ MythTV 0.20.<br>> I.e. don't run /any/ MythTV 0.20 application before you import the 0.19<br>> data. And, don't run the
mc.sql script (because you're not creating a<br>> new database--you're importing a backup of your old database).<br>><br>> If you're upgrading MythTV in place, though, the import may not be<br>> necessary. It's only necessary if you somehow lose your MySQL
<br>> database. Note, though, that the backup is /definitely/ necessary. :)<br>><br>> Mike<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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