[mythtv-users] Export db from dead system

[Nick Rout]

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Kevin Plew <kevincplew at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks- I'm having an issue with grub2 and have decided to rebuild the
> system. I can access the files on the hard drive via the live cd and
> can chroot my old system.
>
> Is there any way to export my database before I rebuild?

yes use /usr/share/mythtv/mythconverg_backup.pl and then transfer the
resulting backup to a USB stick or external drive or scp it to another
computer.

this wiki entry is great: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore