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On 10/10/13 00:08, Simon Waters wrote:
The server is not functioning - so I cant backup or dump it on the server. I was hoping I could just copy a file or files to the new server and somehow use them but everyone says dump it first... I'd put in some 40,000 records since the last backup and I cant reproduce them (the source is no longer online) and I'd like to re-access themOn 09/10/13 22:16, Tom wrote:I made an install unbootable and would like to try and use the old msql database on it. Can I just copy a file over and then point my new mysql install at it?Back it up. Then boot from CD, and chroot and start MYSQL, and dump the database would be my first attempt. Yes if you install the same version on the same architecture you could probably recover the files from where MySQL puts them and make it work, but messy and horrid and probably overkill.
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