<p>What I did was install mythtv, then dropped the mythconverg database and restored it from the backup with the backup and restore script. </p>
<p>Then run mythtv-setup which asks you if you want to upgrade the database to the new version. This worked really well.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 27, 2012 8:40 AM, "Mark Pennock" <<a href="mailto:markitman2@gmail.com">markitman2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Nick Rout <<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com" target="_blank">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Mark Pennock <<a href="mailto:markitman2@gmail.com" target="_blank">markitman2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> On Aug 24, 2012 7:08 PM, "Michael Watson" <<a href="mailto:michael@thewatsonfamily.id.au" target="_blank">michael@thewatsonfamily.id.au</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 25/08/2012 8:25 AM, Mark Pennock wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Where can I find the procedure to move to a new backend using mythbuntu<br>
>>>> 12.04 with 0.25 from an existing backend with ubuntu 10.04 with mythtv .24<br>
>>>> on it?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore</a><br>
>>><br>
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>> How does this help? Do I have to restore the 0.24 database in the 0.25 back<br>
>> end?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> What I think you are bing told is that you are better to install 12.04<br>
> from scratch than to upgrade it. I agree.<br>
><br>
> In rough terms:<br>
><br>
> Back up your database, and any specialised settings or files you want to keep.<br>
><br>
> Optionally disconnect your media drives to eliminate risk of<br>
> overwriting. If you are unlucky enough to have media files on the same<br>
> drive as / then put them somewhere else as a backup, eg an external<br>
> drive or drives.<br>
><br>
> Install 12.04<br>
<br>
</div>Important: use the same hostname as the box had previously.<br>
<div><div><br>
><br>
> Use mythbuntu control centre to install mythbuntu repos and update to<br>
> latest 0.25-fixes<br>
><br>
> restore your disconnected drives and backed up media.<br>
><br>
> enjoy.<br>
> restore the database<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div>So I can restore a 0.24 database to a new 0.25 backend?
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