* Jan Steinman <j...@ecoreality.org> [141005 13:12]:
> > So, this is a "Help me before I hurt myself" sort of question: Are
> > there any caveats and gotchas to consider?
 
> Do you know if the database was shut down properly? Or did Ubunto
> crash and die and your partition become unbootable while the
> database was in active use?
  The database had been shut down, no symptom occurred when the OS
  was booted, I just couldn't reboot (for starters) 

> Either way, you need to make sure MySQL is shut down when you move the files, 
> and then repair them after starting.
  Good tip. 

> I've had good experiences moving MyISAM files that way, but bad
> experience moving INNODB files. I suspect the latter are more
> aggressively cached.
  They are MyISAM ... 
  Thank you
-- 
Tim 
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