[mythtv-users] How to copy 'frontend' portion of mysql database

[Ian Oliver]

I've found the archived chat on this subject from before I joined this 
list, but am hesitant to dive in and copy the relevant sections of the 
database around.

I'm actually setting up 3-4 identical frontends, and am going to set 
them up by cloning their drives and just changing the hostname. I mayb  
even get them all pxe booting off the same image and use some script 
magic to create their hostname from their mac address.

Is there a way to have them all sharing settings? What about them also 
sharing bookmarks? We'd love to stop playing something in one room and 
then just resume in another.

Oh, and if I do end up beating directly on mysql, what's the 
recommended way to handle backup.restore?

Thanks

Ian