[mythtv-users] Best way to upgrade from older Ubuntu versions w/ MythTV?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 31 May 2010 14:52, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Basically the upgrade lTS->LTS failing made me nervous to ever do it
>> that way again. I had a database backup though and that worked fine. I
>> used the backup and restore tools that Mike Dean wrote (search the
>> wiki for database restore and you'll find them)
>
> I did an LTS -> LTS upgrade, on a remote server... It failed ; *but*
> was all due to the non standard stuff I had done over the years that
> didn't get upgraded...
>
> So i have nothing bad to say about the upgrade really, it was pretty
> flawless otherwise...

Indeed that could be a scenario...

Perhaps a good recommendation is "try the upgade, but have a plan if it fails!"