[mythtvnz] Replacing hard disk in mythbuntu

[Simon Green]

On 03/02/2008, Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org> wrote:
> Have a look in /etc/fstab - there should be a line like this for the
> second drive (it may be hdb, hdc or hdd depending on where it is plugged
> in and how the jumpers are set or sda/sdb if its a sata drive)
>     /dev/hdb1   /var/lib/mythtv/recordings   xfs   noatime   0 0
> run 'dmesg' and see if the same disk is recognised during bootup in case
> you put the jumper in the wrong place!!

Mythbuntu (like Ubuntu) uses UUID's by default in fstab. It is safe to
replace the first value in the fstab file (ie. the UUID) to the old
style device file (e.g. /dev/sdb1). Leave the mount directory the same
(ie /var/lib/mythtv). Mythtv should create the directory, but if not
you can create it yourself (make sure mythtv can write to it of
course).

  -- simon