<div dir="ltr"><div>Just make sure to backup your database properly before switching versions as pointing an older version at a new DB is not recommended if you need to revert.<br></div>~mitch<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:31 AM, faginbagin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@hbuus.com" target="_blank">mythtv@hbuus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">> On 05/29/2016 04:33 PM, Peter Bennett (cats22) wrote:<br>
>> On 05/29/2016 06:49 PM, Mike Carron wrote:<br>
>>> I currently have a MBE running on a server and multiple FEs throughout<br>
>>> the house. I'm considering upgrading my 0.27.6 to 0.28 but it isn't<br>
>>> practical to do all of the units at once. If I upgrade the MBE first<br>
>>> will the old FEs still work properly with it? Or, the other way<br>
>>> around, will a 0.28 FE work properly with a 0.27 MBE?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>> mike<br>
>> Unfortunately neither will work. I think best is to upgrade the backend<br>
>> first. Once you are happy with that, upgrading the frontends is less<br>
>> work, installing a new package or build on each.<br>
>> Peter<br>
> ***<br>
> Thanks, I was afraid of that.<br>
><br>
> mike<br>
<br>
</span>That's one reason why I've set up my master and frontends to multiboot. I<br>
can install a new OS as well as a new version of myth, test, and then go<br>
back to the working version when it's time to record or playback<br>
recordings.<br>
<br>
Helen<br>
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