<div dir="ltr"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Mache Creeger <<a href="mailto:mache@creeger.com" target="_blank">mache@creeger.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<font size="3"><div class="Ih2E3d"><div><div>At 03:58 AM 7/20/2008, Nick F wrote:<br>
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Something hosed my backend <br></div><div class="Ih2E3d">
Unfortunately my last backup of my myth database is dated the 4th of July
- so I'm at least 2 weeks behind (which is better than 2 1/2
years).<br><br>
What's the best way to recover? Can I use the old mythconverg
database and just copy it over - how do I do that? How do I
preserve my mysql settings? (is there a config file I should copy
over?)</div></div></div></blockquote></font>
<font size="3">Alternatively you can generate a backup copy from your old partition and
then install that backup into a new partition. <br><div class="Ih2E3d">
You cannot just copy it over. To reinstall mythconverg in a new myth
installation,<br></div>...<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
You should be good to go.<br><font color="#888888"><br></font></div></font></div></blockquote></div>Thanks guys,<br><br>For
the record, I installed mysql normally, mounted the old partition in
/tmpmnt, then in /etc/my.cnf I changed the data directory to be
/tmpmnt/var/lib/mysql/, restarted mysql. I was then able to save a
backup of mythconverg. Changed my.cnf back to the new location,
restored the database, and all was well. So I've got all my data
(separate drives) and the mythconverg database. Whew!<br>
<br>For some reason, the LiveCD, and repair utility wouldn't let me fix
my filesystem fully, so I've had to reinstall F9. I just wish I knew
what hosed my system so badly before (I'm guessing switching on and off
corrupted something somewhere). All's well now - just a pain to have
to fix all the little things - udev rules, scripts, etc.<br>
<br>Thanks again!</div>