[mythtvnz] Adding a HDD with existing myth directories

[Noel & Di]

I want to run 2 hard drives in the one box... the old box is going to be 
retired. How do I get Mythbuntu to recognise thjhe existing hdb directory??
Noel

Criggie wrote:

>Noel & Di wrote:
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>>I have built a replacement MythBox using Mythbuntu 7.01 (Tier 1 yaaay!)
>>and want to add the HDD from the soon to be decommissioned Knoppmyth
>>R5F27 box.  Any tips & tricks for this without reducing the WAF. (I
>>intend to use only the recordings from the old driver & delete the OS)
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>Build the new one - test it and make sure its all good.  Copy some of the
>recordings across to test.   You'll also need to export and import the
>recordings database, else its just a bunch of files.
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>http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrading_from_0.18.1_to_0.19_on_Fedora_4_from_ATrpms#Create_a_backup_of_your_database
>gives a few hints about backing up the database.
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>THEN move the recordings HDD to the new box and mount it over the
>recordings directory, so that the files appear in the same place.  You
>should reimport the recordings database again at this stage.
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>Then when its all done and dusted, use the old mythbox as a test platform.
>Whether it should be a slave backend to the main system or not, I can't
>comment.
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