From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 21:18:30 -0400   
   Paul  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   I probably do have enough storage but I not in the mood for a   
   "two-state solution".   
      
   > 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   
      
   Iam sorry to say, bits are falling off as the years go by.   
   I long for the days when 64k was enormous!  :)   
      
   Alan   
      
      
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