Hi Karen, I think Ubuntu uses /usr/bin for mysql. At least it does in my installation of 9.04.
Cheers, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen Palen > Sent: 09 November 2009 08:45 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Opensim-users] linking regions and hypergrid > > > If you are using Linux, be sure you backup include the /var/* directory! > > What bit me is that MySQL uses /var/MySql/... for the database by default > and /var/* was NOT being backed up! Unfortunately there are good reasons fo > rnot including /var/* in a backup (it is intended as transient files after > all!), but you do need to be sure that you make an exception for > /var/mysql/* !!! > > I use Linux/Ubuntu, but the issue is the same for every OS, only the names > of the guilty parties will change! > > You would be amazed at how much work you hav eput into that database WHEN > you have to rebuild it! > > > Having said that remember that sailors are divided into three groups: those > who have run aground, those who ARE aground and LIARS! > > Forewarned is forearmed! > > Karen > > --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Kevin Buckley <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> And I do an automated back-up of >> EVERYTHING! Every day, > >> I do a backupPC backup every night PLUS a complete dump of >> my MySQL database >> every night! I was bitten once with database corruption and >> do NOT intend to >> lose my work again! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > _______________________________________________ Opensim-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users
