[mythtv-users] Rebuilding a FE/BE system (the stupid way)

[Tom Lichti]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:26 AM, Science Technician <
SCITECH at combebank.kent.sch.uk> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> > >
> > > Maybe you need to step back and define what exactly you find lacking
> > > in MythDora vs MythBuntu, aside from being 'easier'.
>
>  Fair enough I should really particularly as I am sort of doing the same
> thing that winds me up about the new IT Admin and just dumping a system I
> don't understand for one I do.
>
>  I really don't like LV. I know it is probably old fashioned but I like
> to be the one to decide onto which drive the data I am creating is going.
>  Also I really do prefer to have my systems set up with an OS/Apps drive
> and a storage drive.
>
>  I know most of these probably are not MythDora issues but see later for
> why I mention them.
>
>  From the outset sound hasn't worked on the FE despite trying various
> things suggested in the wiki (Pulse audio etc...). Luckily because no one
> except me uses the FE and then I only use it in an admin role not a
> watching
> anything role it doesn't actually matter that there is no sound.
>
>  DVD creation is unreliable to the point where I have taken to getting
> Myth to create an iso and then burning the iso using third party SW
>
>  When creating DVDs (something we need to do occasionally) the file
> sizes reported for recordings are usually stupid e.g. 578934567TB
>  This doesn't seem to prevent it from creating the DVD but is just
> another annoyance as the bar showing how much space will be used is
> effectively unusable.
>
>  Commands to the terminal that should work just don't seem to including
> ones suggested from this list to solve a stupid problem I caused by
> managing to PW protect the All Recordings group.
>
> Why am I not trying to learn how to fix these problems?
>
> Because when I came to set up my Myth system at home I had discovered
> the LV issue and so opted for MythBuntu instead and these issues just
> don't show on my system which from a HW point of view is identical. Well
> excluding HD sizes but I'm not sure that would cause any of the above.
>
> > Isn't Mythdora basically gone, now, though?  I'd think it would make
> > sense to move from a no-longer-in-development MythTV-centric distro to
> > an active MythTV-centric distro.
>
>  This is the other reason that I was looking to update to a newer version
> of Myth than .24 and decided that it made sense to move to an active distro
> if I could.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John.
>

Fair enough, and all valid reasons. I think the directions you've been
given are good ones, make sure you have a backup of the database on a
different drive, and preferably on an external drive (USB key would be
good), and disconnect your recordings drive temporarily. Do the MythBuntu
install, make sure that it removes existing partitions, install, and then
do the import and setup. I'm sure there are lots of guides out there to do
it, aside from what's been posted, so I won't elaborate on that, and good
luck!

Tom
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