*"I'm going to try copying the entire /home/weewx tree to the new RPi and then use setup.py to upgrade there, and see how it goes."*
That seems to work including the Ftp (I had passwd not password!), so I will stop the old Pi, take another copy etc. and put it on the new Pi and take it from there. However I do also need to copy the NOAA directory to the web server that the Internet sees. On Friday, 9 December 2016 16:27:32 UTC, Tom Keffer wrote: > Keep it simple. > > Your strategy is a reasonable, simple one. Go for it. > > -tk > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Auchtermuchty Weather <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Clean install of the OS, Weewx or both? >> >> I'm going to try copying the entire /home/weewx tree to the new RPi and >> then use setup.py to upgrade there, and see how it goes. >> >> >> On Friday, 9 December 2016 12:19:47 UTC, Andrew Milner wrote: >> >>> Dave - I don't think that would move from Wheezy to Jessie, and I seem >>> to recall that Raspberry recommended a clean install when going to Jessie. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 9 December 2016 14:15:49 UTC+2, Dave Webb wrote: >>> >>>> Why don't you just upgrade everything on the currently running Pi >>>> including weewx then copy the card and burn to bigger SD card. After you >>>> do >>>> that you can put the card in the B+. >>>> >>>> https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/updating.md >>>> >>>> Dave-KB1PVH >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my Galaxy S7 >>>> >>>> On Dec 9, 2016 7:07 AM, "Auchtermuchty Weather" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK, so there is nothing else? Was wondering about the NOAA stuff? >>>>> >>>>> I will try copying the weewx.sdb over and recreating stats.sdb. >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, 9 December 2016 11:55:40 UTC, Andrew Milner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If you installed weewx 3.6.2 then the old 2.7 database will need to >>>>>> be updated to the new format. The easiest way of updating is to copy >>>>>> over >>>>>> the archive sdb file and use the 3.6 utilities for database manipulation >>>>>> (see documentation) to create the daily summaries (the old stats >>>>>> database). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday, 9 December 2016 12:41:37 UTC+2, Auchtermuchty Weather >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I realised that not only am I running an old (2.7) version of Weewx, >>>>>>> the RPi it's on is short of room on the SD card - it's an old B model >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> an SD card. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had a B+ Pi doing nothing (Micro SD card, 4 USB ports) so I put >>>>>>> the latest Raspberrian on an 8GB card and then installed Weewx and it's >>>>>>> working fine with the simulator - the HTML files are being produced >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> correct units & layout. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not quite sure what the process of changing the two over is though. >>>>>>> I know I will have to copy some stuff across (not a problem as both are >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> my network), not sure what stuff though. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nor am I sure if there are any 'gotchas' I need to be aware of. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
