On Friday 22 March 2002 05:45 pm, you wrote: > On Saturday 23 March 2002 02:31 am, you wrote: > > I have just upgraded to 8.2...so far so good. > > > > I bought a new drive for the upgrade so I have the luxury of copying all > > my data from my 8.0 installation over to my 8.2 install. I need to > > know where the mysql databases are kept so I can move them over. Should > > I move the database files over or is the best plan to do some kind of > > export / import to the new disk? > > > > Darren > > Strange you should ask just that question. > I've been doing some "lookin' into" and found I could copy the db from > /var/lib/mysql over to my other machine BUT, I seem to remember something > about permissions and not being able to even enter the file for copy. > Getting ready to try it again from 8.1 to 8.2 so I'll post the results and > the steps <if I remember them> of how I got it accomplished.
OK, here's what I did; First the permissions on the db have to be changed to rwx for everyone. Then, you can copy it to the other machine's /var/lib/mysql directory, then change permissions to what you want.. It opens and works fine on the copied to machine here.... -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936
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