[mythtv-users] I need to reinstall my backend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/09/2010 02:54 PM, Ian Oliver wrote:
> I got my new backend hardware up and running by cloning the HD from the
> old machine with dd, just as I have done many times before with Linux
> installs.
>
> It was a fight to get it booting, which should have flagged that there
> was something bad going on.  Anyway, it's running, but firebox and xbmc
> segfault, and the dpkg database seems hosed.
>
> I'm going to reinstall the box from scratch, move across the
> recordings, and move across the mysql database.
>
> Anything I need to know that isn't covered here?
> http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO.html#toc23.5
>    

(I think you mean http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-23.html#ss23.5 
--it's easy to get the wrong link since the section titles link back to 
their location in the table of contents :)

Mainly just remember that the backup is only a backup of the database 
data--you'll need to ensure you handle the upgrade/reinstall such that 
all recordings files stay intact.

There have been a few updates to the backup/restore scripts in trunk 
that aren't in the -fixes version, so you might want to download the 
newer versions (see 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore for details on 
how to download them).  The updates are mainly additional safety checks 
to prevent problems caused when users forgot steps or whatever (so 
they're good for ensuring you do things right).

Mike