Kris Gonzalez wrote:
>
> I'm going to be switching from my OS from Linux to Solaris and was
> wondering what steps I would need to take to save my tables during the
> OS conversion and restore them once it is complete. Is it as simple as
> tarballing the /var/lib/mysql directory and extracting it into the new
> OS, or is the procedure more complicated?
That is all that is required provided your are using MyISAM tables. ISAM
tables are not portable across platforms. You have read the manual?
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