[mythtv-users] Upgrade plan

[Mike Perkins]

On 18/07/13 18:44, Monkey Pet wrote:
>
> I would do the backup of the DB, backup /etc/*, backup /home/*, snapshot
> /etc/fstab, all your lvm configs. I always had success just copying over
> the entire /var/lib/mysql subdirectory over to the new install and things
> just worked assuming that your hostname stays the same.  I would also run
> badblocks when you format your drive to discover bad blocks on the drive.
>   Using the HD Homerun devices, I am so glad I don't need to muck around
> with kernel drivers.
>
No! Don't copy the mysql binary data files. Unless your new configuration 
matches your old one *exactly* you could run into problems. Even something 
simple like a patch update difference can corrupt your database.

Do like the man said and use the backup and restore scripts. They are designed 
for just this purpose.

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Mike Perkins