Of course. Just copy the database file over. It's that simple. See the documentation *Where to find things <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/where/>* for the location of your database file.
On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 2:12 PM Monica Mulholland <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for that suggestion, much appreciated. However, for comparison > purposes I would like to have access to the old records...they go back > nearly 15 years! Is there anyway I can do both? > > On Friday 12 July 2024 at 09:01:52 UTC+12 vince wrote: > >> If you don't care about saving old readings from your old database, >> please just follow the v5 documentation (link) >> <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/quickstarts/debian/> and start anew. >> Your blood pressure will thank you. >> >> All you'll need to do at some point is configure any optional uploaders >> such as the FTP one you've been battling. Having your old weewx.conf file >> someplace safe on another computer to use as a reference will help. >> >> On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 1:16:00 PM UTC-7 Monica Mulholland wrote: >> >>> I have just found a back up sd image from about a year ago...should I >>> use that and try and update it to the latest weewx or should I start from >>> scratch? I know it is my choice..but which would be less risky for a not >>> very experienced person like me? Thank you! >>> >>> On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 22:32:39 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: >>> >>>> As I have to reinstall my system from scratch - the SD card did indeed >>>> fail, I have decided up update the RPi from a 3 to a 4 and download the >>>> latest RaspberryPi OS. I have backed up copies of weewx-etc and >>>> weewx-var-lib. (from a few years ago!...and nothing much has changed from >>>> my side in that time). I would appreciate some tips and suggestions of the >>>> most efficient way (and any problems to watch out for) to get my weather >>>> station up and running again. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 12:17:04 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ah! I think I know what that was all about....the incipient failure of >>>>> my SD card.....The Rpi will now not boot anymore....It never rains but it >>>>> pours!.....I guess I should now go over to booting the Rpi from a USB >>>>> stick...something I have been avoiding for years...in order not to 'upset' >>>>> what was working! .....Wish me luck! >>>>> >>>>> Thank you all for your all, and especially Tom Keffer, for the >>>>> continuous support and encouragement!..it is greatly appreciated indeed! >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 10:52:05 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Following on from my posts on "External Website not updating" ( >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/xYp5iQ996TQ) ....TLDR!! >>>>>> >>>>>> ...i have been given a new password which does seem to work on FTP - >>>>>> when tried in Filezilla. See attached! >>>>>> >>>>>> So I put the new password in weewx.conf flie and rebooted.....The >>>>>> only thing I changed was the FTP password (AFAIK!!). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> pi@WeatherPi:~ $ sudo systemctl status weewx >>>>>> ● weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system >>>>>> Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx; generated; vendor preset: >>>>>> enabled) >>>>>> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-07-11 08:57:17 >>>>>> NZST; 1h 40m >>>>>> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) >>>>>> Process: 342 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/weewx start (code=exited, >>>>>> status=1/FAILURE) >>>>>> >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:10 WeatherPi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather >>>>>> system... >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: Starting weewx weather system: >>>>>> weewxError >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: No handlers could be found for >>>>>> logger "__m >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: failed! >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Control process >>>>>> exited, cod >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: weewx >>>>>> weather system. >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Unit entered >>>>>> failed state. >>>>>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with >>>>>> result 'exit-co >>>>>> lines 1-14/14 (END) >>>>>> >>>>>> This saga goes on and on...what have I done wrong now? >>>>>> >>>>> -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3e7b3bec-e5a9-4bd1-adbc-0772495acc0cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3e7b3bec-e5a9-4bd1-adbc-0772495acc0cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEDLY_7Mw2jNcufr0vzieg-NiEmpS4Las%3DAnHh%3DZCJe%2BPw%40mail.gmail.com.
