Thanks, That was pretty easy...
And, thank you mysql! ;-) Yves On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:14:37 -0600, Tom Crimmins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > This box recently crashed as a result of a power outage (possible surge, my > surge protector may have failed).... > The box doesn't boot up, but the HD is ok... all my docs are there.. > So, I'm wondering if it's somehow possible to get the MySQL 3 files and > recreate them on another box we have here that runs MySQL 4.0. > Is this possible? > It wouldn't be as simple as getting the files from the dead box and putting > them in the new box, would it? > > > [/snip] > > If these were myisam tables, assuming the files didn't get badly damaged, > you should be able to copy the directory for each database you need to > recover into the mysql datadir on the new host. You may have to use > myisamchk to repair the indexes. > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/myisamchk-syntax.html > > You will want to do all of this with mysqld stopped. > > --- > Tom Crimmins > Interface Specialist > Pottawattamie County, Iowa > -- Yves Arsenault -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
