[mythtv-users] Upgrade Backend and mythtv

Mark Pennock markitman2 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 26 22:40:26 UTC 2012


On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Mark Pennock <markitman2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Aug 24, 2012 7:08 PM, "Michael Watson" <
> michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 25/08/2012 8:25 AM, Mark Pennock wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Where can I find the procedure to move to a new backend using
> mythbuntu
> >>>> 12.04 with 0.25 from an existing backend with ubuntu 10.04 with
> mythtv .24
> >>>> on it?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
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> >> How does this help? Do I have to restore the 0.24 database in the 0.25
> back
> >> end?
> >>
> >
> > What I think you are bing told is that you are better to install 12.04
> > from scratch than to upgrade it. I agree.
> >
> > In rough terms:
> >
> > Back up your database, and any specialised settings or files you want to
> keep.
> >
> > Optionally disconnect your media drives to eliminate risk of
> > overwriting. If you are unlucky enough to have media files on the same
> > drive as / then put them somewhere else as a backup, eg an external
> > drive or drives.
> >
> > Install 12.04
>
> Important: use the same hostname as the box had previously.
>
> >
> > Use mythbuntu control centre to install mythbuntu repos and update to
> > latest 0.25-fixes
> >
> > restore your disconnected drives and backed up media.
> >
> > enjoy.
> > restore the database
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>
So I can restore a 0.24 database to a new 0.25 backend?
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