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

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Tuesday 23 December 2003 01:38, Richie Jarvis wrote:
> 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!)

Even better is to put your video all on a dedicated partition, because /var 
gets used for a ton of other things (/var/lib/mysql, /var/log, /var/spool, 
etc). Using a dedicated partition will significantly reduce trouble when 
upgrading. I use a dedicated /video partition myself, which I simply didn't 
reformat when I did a clean install of FC1 (after running RHL9 for some 
time).

> 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.

I was able to reimport all but two of mine (out of maybe 25 shows I had laying 
around). Not sure what happened with those two, and haven't investigated 
yet...

> 3. The apt-get of LIRC does not support LIRC_SERIAL out of the box.

Yes it does, but I believe only on com1.

# head -10 lirc.spec
%kernelmodule lirc

# The driver(s) you want to compile in, e.g. "pctv", "serial", "any"
# Whitespace separated list of cards for which to compile a driver
%define drivers lpt1 sir_com3 it87 flyvideo avermedia tekram_bt829 any udp 
avermedia98 com1 hauppauge

Summary: The Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) package.
Name: lirc
Version: 0.7.0
Release: pre2_%atrelease 16

> 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.

What serial port are you on?

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

Save the two shows not reimporting, everything was perfect for me. :)

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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