[mythtv-users] Moving database from non-bootable drive to fresh install

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Bruce,

Friday, March 18, 2016, 7:00:12 PM, you wrote:

> I have Mythbuntu 14.01 AMD64 installed on a sdd. After it was up
> and running, I added a 4TB drive for storage. Everything was running
> smoothly untill I tried installing "Splashtop-Client" I ended up
> with broken and held packages and no disk space. The following
> command was supposed to free disk space.

> CODE: SELECT ALL

> dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{ print $2 }' | sort -V | sed
> -n '/'`uname -r`'/q;p' | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge


> I gained about 8 gig of space but could not find any images or
> kernel headers left. I was afraid it wouldn't reboot so I tried
> reinstalling the current kernel 3.16.67#87. That didn't work so I
> tried upgrading the Kernel to 3.18 but it crashed during upgrade and
> would no longer boot. I installed a new ssd and a fresh Mythbuntu
> 14.02. Both old and new have Mythtv 0.28 fixes installed. My
> question is, Is it possible to get the old database onto the new
> drive making the recordings accessible? I haven't configured the
> tuners yet, can that config be moved also?

You can try copying the old /var/lib/mysql directory. You should
beforehand make sure mysql/mariadb and mythbackend are not running.
Also after copying check the rights of the copied files. They should
be owned by mysql.mysql 

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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