[mythtvnz] Mythconverg restore script only doing partial restore on 10.04 to 10.10 upgrade

[Brett]

On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:20 +1300, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to upgrade from Mythbuntu 10.04 to 10.10.
> 
> I have a pretty standard set of steps that I go through during an
> upgrade, which basically involves running mythconverg_backup.pl,
> installing and then running mythconverg_restore.pl.
> 
> Normally that brings me back to where I was. For some reason, on this
> upgrade it only seems to be bringing in the recordings, but not the
> settings. I'm not overly keen on resetting up the tuners, channels
> (which is a pain as you have to map the DVB-T channels to the downloaded
> EPG with some voodoo I can't remember) etc.
> 
> Does anyone know why this upgrade would restore any less than previous
> ones?
> 
> Normally I just reinstall the root partition and leave home there and
> alone on the other partition. This time I tried to install to a new HDD.
> Is there any reason that would make a difference?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aaron

What mythTV versions does this imply ?

Do you use the restore script to create the empty database tables ?
Do you have the latest restore script (later than shipped in 0.23) ?

The name of the computer is important to info that relates to backend.
Maybe it uses uuid names as well.