Hi,
Do a backup first! Also stay same version for the transition, do any upgrades once all is reestablished. Write down the hostname! Use the same hostname on the new build or all will fail.
I have done ide to ide but ide to sata should work also. Mine was similar to tjc's process. I did the auto install to build the drive and then only did the basic q&a process for the time, network, remote etc. When it goes into the setup screen, I esc both times. Once it is all complete, come the tricky part
If you can hang a second ide cable on the system, then set the old drive as a slave (hdd) Edit /etc/fstab to make a mount table for the old drive. Then mkdir /mnt/hdd1 & /mnt/hdd3 (assuming a standard install). mount /mnt/hdd1 mount /mnt/hdd3 I then copied all of hdd3 to /myth/ When it finished, do as root mythrestore then reboot.
nano -w /etc/fstab
(add these lines and should work)
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/hdd1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 (you may want something from the old world)
/dev/hdd3 /mnt/hdd3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0 (your /myth stuff)
mkdir /mnt/hdd1
mkdir /mnt/hdd3
mount /mnt/hdd1
mount /mnt/hdd3
cp -a /mnt/hdd3/* /myth/ (go get a refreshment if a lot of recordings
)
mythrestore
reboot
alternative method would be to use an external usb housing and substitute sdb1 & sdb3 for the hdd
The mythtv - mysql setup stuff is all stored in the backup. There may be a half dozen better ways but it work for me ide to ide.
Mike