>From MySQL manual: http://www.mysql.com/doc/M/o/Moving.html
http://www.mysql.com/doc/U/p/Upgrading-to-arch.html I have tried and it works in HP-Solaris and LINUX, but I tend to agree with Cal, my recomendation is to use an alternative procedure such as dumping and importing. Bye and Good Luck. --- Cal Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes and no. > > No, you can't (shouldn't) copy the file from one > server to another. Bad > Mojo. It MAY work if you are only using MyISAM file > types but no promises > there. > > You would be much better off using mysqldump to dump > the contents of your > databases to a text file and then re-importing them > on the other machine. > > master > mysqldump -opt > everything.sql > > slave > mysql < everything.sql > > Warning this will wipe everything on your slave > machine as it imports from > the master. > > =C= > > * > * Cal Evans > * The Virtual CIO > * http://www.calevans.com > * > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hanxue Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MySQL in different OSes > > > Hi, > > I just want to know if I can just copy a MySQL > database from, say Windows > 2000 > to Linux. Will it still work? Does it has binary > data compabilities? > > Thank you > > > Yours Truly, > Hanxue > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list > archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: > http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list > archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: > http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
