[mythtv-users] Mobo died - how to restore DB

[Darren]

If you get a kernel panic your in trouble, if your just going to change the 
motherboard be sure to use one with the same chipset.

Darren


> On Mon, 2007-04-09 at 18:18 -0400, Matt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >    So... my motherboard finally gave out today.  What's the best way
> > for me to recover my database off my hard drive?
>
> You might actually be able to get away with just replacing the
> motherboard and booting the computer up again. Linux is pretty resilient
> about having the hardware configuration change. Then just let MySQL do
> its automated recovery at bootup (assuming that the motherboard going
> out was a hard crash) and you're all set.
>
> If that's not an option, just get the db data files off of that box and
> use another box with the same version of mysql running to recover the
> db.
>
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