[mythtv-users] How to get myth DB moved over from dead machine

[Bilge Tutak]

Why do not you first boot your new machine with your old harddisk. Linux
will probably will adapt to the new hardware. So you can dump your db.

Bilge

On 9/27/06, leifontheroad <leifontheroad at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I've looked through the archives for answers to this, but haven't found
> anything that nails what I need help with.
>
> My mobo on my myth box died last week and as a result, I obviously didn't
> get a chance to export the Mythconverge DB so that I could import it onto
> new HW. I have a new setup now (completely different HW, so I needed to
> reinstall FC5 from scratch), but I would like to keep all the history from
> my old Mythconverge DB (from version .19.1). The HDD on my old machine
> survived (haven't tested yet to be sure), so I can pull the DB files from my
> dead machine onto my new machine. But I'm not sure exactly how to do this.
> Also, since version .20 just came out, I want to make sure I avoid
> overwriting my .19.1 version of the DB.
>
> I'm using Jarod's guide, running FC5. I'm a linux novice, but have managed
> to install and run mythtv for the last 3+ years, so I can stumble my way
> through most things.
>
> So here are my two questions:
>
> 1. What's the best way to move the version .19 DB over?  Can I just copy
> the data files for mythconverge on my dead box over to my new MySQL install
> and restart MySQL? Or will that not provide the users and permissions that I
> need (I've heard these may be stored in the default MySQL DB that gets
> created upon MySQL install)?  Any other (better) suggestions?
>
> 2. How should I ensure that installing mythtv-suite via yum won't
> overwrite my existing .19 DB? Should I go through the install from scratch,
> and *then* copy over the version .19 DB files, and *then* do an update
> install of mythtv-suite?
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> - Leif
>
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