From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 9/20/2025 4:45 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > A problem of my own making. :(   
   >   
   > I misremembered which version of Mint I had installed on my HTPC before   
   > it became unbootable.   
   >   
   > It was in fact 22.0 but I believed it was 19.3.   
   > So once I reinstalled it to the latter I tried to reintroduce the   
   > mythconverg database. (I had backed that up).   
   >   
   > BUT the schemas are different. (Note I still have the recordings).   
   >   
   > Now I felt that it should be possible to populate the earlier version   
   > (32) with matching elements from the earlier version (32) by now.   
   > Surely someone would have produced a script.   
   >   
   > My new VBF (ChatGPT) says not. It recommends that I reinstall with Mint   
   > 22 but frankly I have had more computer agravation over the last four   
   > months than I can stand!   
   >   
      
   So first question, why is the HTPC  lacking of storage ?   
      
   Do you have enough storage to do a LM22 of some sort,   
   *beside* the existing LM19.3 which you don't like   
   at the moment ?   
      
      +-----+--------+------+------+------------+   
      | ESP | LM19.3 | SWAP | DATA | New LM22.x |   UEFI boot, GPT partition   
      +-----+--------+------+------|------------+   You did make this modern   
   boot, right ?   
      
   You should be able to install beside something, without   
   interfering with its operation too much. Then you   
   will have a boot menu with two OSes in it. A multi-boot.   
      
   And if you fumble it somehow, the Boot Repair DVD can   
   set it right again.   
      
   One detail, is the handling of SWAP. Multiboot goes easier   
   if SWAP is a /swapfile. This wastes space, but it makes   
   multiple OSes easier to manage at update/upgrade time.   
   A shared swap is a nuisance because each OS will try and   
   change the identifier on it, with comic results (the   
   boot takes longer, and the on-screen log shows the   
   OS searching for RAID arrays and other things, that   
   might be hiding a swap partition).   
      
   You're an experienced user. You should hardly need the   
   training wheels of your ChatGPT Magical 8ball solution   
   finder :-)   
      
      Paul   
      
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