<div dir="ltr">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...<div><br></div><div>"Upgrage Mythbuntu 12.04 LTS to Mythbuntu 16.04 LTS" </div><div><br></div><div>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? <br></div><div><br></div><div>"Erase Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and resinstall"</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>What to do?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 7:44 AM, Mike Bibbings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.bibbings@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.bibbings@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">I was getting ready to install Mythbuntu to replace
an older install when I found <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/mythbuntu.org/website/home/news/mythbuntusolongandthanksforallthefish" target="_blank">this announcement</a> that it is dead.
That's a pity because last time I used it, it REALLY streamlined
MythTV setup.
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<div>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 "<font size="2">installing a
slim distro (perhaps <a href="https://xubuntu.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xubuntu</a>), add
the Mythbuntu Repos, and install and configure MythTV from
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The mythbuntu 64bit torrent is still active, so you can download.<br>
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You should also install LTS Enablement Stack (gives a later kernel,
xserver etc) for Desktop 16.04 see
<a class="m_-429136880663112840moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/<wbr>Kernel/LTSEnablementStack</a><br>
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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 <br>
package (gives you complete frontend/backend with database) see
<a class="m_-429136880663112840moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Installing_MythTV_on_Debian" target="_blank">https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/<wbr>Installing_MythTV_on_Debian</a> for
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Mike<br>
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