ISD and ISM files are not portable across platforms.
THe proper way to transfer these files is to mysqldump the database, and
run the output through mysql on the target machine.
MYD and MYI files, however are platform independant.
You could also convert to this format before copying to a new mach
Well I made quite the mistake and I'm hoping someone can help me out!
I had a RH Linux 6.1 box running MySQL (not exactly sure what version anymore). I
took all the
files from the mysql/data directory and backed them up. Then I wiped the server and
installed
FreeBSD. I then installed the l
