[mythtv-users] Moving to Fedora Core & Myth 0.13: Backup and Restore...

[Richie Jarvis]

Hi Again,

It took me a little longer than anticipated, but I am happy to report a 
partial success.

Things I have learnt:

1. Make sure /var is clear of everything but the mythtv progs! (had to 
reinstall FC1 twice because of this!)
2. Backing up the db didn't go as planned - I haven't been able to 
reimport my old progs due to problems with the database - will send a 
query email about this.
3. The apt-get of LIRC does not support LIRC_SERIAL out of the box.  I 
had to recompile the kernel, modify the uname string, compile 
lirc-0.7.0pre2 manually to get an lirc_serial.o suitable for running 
with my kernel.

Apart from that, all is well.  I have a couple of support related 
queries - but will pop those in a separate email.

Cheers,

Richie

Richie Jarvis wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would appreciate some checkpointing on the procedure outlined below. 
> Last night I tried to perform a fedora upgrade to my existing redhat 9 
> config, and, it was not that successful unfortuantly - apt-get seems to 
> think that it is still Redhat 9, and the Nvidia drivers refuse to 
> acknowledge the FC kernel.
> 
> So, over the weekend, I intend to wipe redhat 9, whilst keeping my 
> recorded progs, and a database backup, restore those, and then upgrade 
> to mythtv 0.13 - I will report with success/failure and lessons learnt 
> afterwards.
> 
> My recorded TV is on /var - and as I plan to wipe everything but the 
> /var partition, that means /var becomes my Large Dumping Area(tm)
> 
> Goal:     Keep existing recorded programs, channel info, and data
>     Upgrade mythtv pc to fedora core 1
>      Upgrade mythtv from 0.12 to 0.13
>     Try the PVR250 card again
>     Try the PVR250 & the WinTV Card together
> 
> Disk Partitions:
> 
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5              9621848   3226460   5906612  36% /
> /dev/hda1               489992     13899    450793   3% /boot
> /dev/hda6            104757264  25040512  79716752  24% /var
> 
> Method:   
> 
> 1. Backup all mysql db's using command 'mysqldump -A > mythtv.sql', and 
> place on /var partition.
> 2. Backup /home to /var (the LDA) (/home has my original builds of 
> mythtv, plus other utils I have installed)
> 3. Remove the BT8x8 card & put the PVR250 card in
> 4. Install Fedora Core (as per instructions in Jarods excellant doc) - 
> taking care to format / and /boot, but not /var - and make sure /var is 
> mounted normally
> 5. Restore mysql db's using command 'mysql < mythtv.sql' so that the 
> 0.12 version db is present for when I install 0.13
> 6. Follow Jarods doc to use the correct FC1 kernel, and install MythTV 
> 0.13 (and hopefully convert the 0.12 db to 0.13)
> 7. Try it out - and whoop with delight as it all works
> 8. Install the WinTV card alongside the PVR250
> 9. Drink beer after a sucessful install
> 
> Can anyone recommend any changes/good ideas that will save me lots of 
> hassle during the upgrade process?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Richie
> 
> 
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