On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 14:21, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: > On 01/25/2012 07:44 AM, vince wrote: > >> On Tuesday 24 Jan 2012 20:50:01 Eric Shubert wrote: >> >>> I recently rebuilt my mythbuntu 11.10 (mythtv 0.24) backend. I have >>> recordings from my previous host (also from 0.24) stored on a separate >>> drive (/mnt/stor1/recordings) which no longer show up as recorded >>> programs. >>> >> >> Did you backup all of your database from the old system by exporting all >> tables and then inport the old tables into the new one? >> >> [If you can, I strongly suggest you do so. Such scripts are within the >> mythtv's but I cannot remember exactly where but if you do a search on >> database backups on the mythtv forums you will find them as well as >> instructions in their usage]. >> >> If not, then you will not get access to the recordings and more >> importantly, >> have all of your recording rules, what programmes you have previously >> recorded >> and watched etc, so will have to start again recording previous >> programmes . >> >> > It appears that a re-install of mythbuntu using the option to keep old > settings doesn't include the database. :( > > Thanks to both Vince and Brian. I had just begun using the former backend, > so there wasn't anything there that I can't live w/out. I will be keeping > track of database backups most carefully in the future. :) > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > Ah that's probably a bit confusing. You're referring to the partition selection page right? If so, that's presented by the Ubuntu portion of the installer, we should probably find a way to make that more intelligent for mythbuntu type installs. Would you mind filing a bug to track this with some more details like which page had asked you that and the things you answered?
-- Mario Limonciello supe...@gmail.com
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