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Tom Metro wrote: > Ward Vandewege wrote: >> Kristian Hermansen wrote: >>> Can you simply move 4.x /var/lib/ data to a 5.x installation and have >>> it work? >> >> Last time I did this (on Debian or Ubuntu), MySQL automatically >> upgraded the >> tables... > > Right, but the trick is that you'd have to start by installing a 4.x > version on the new machine, and then upgrade it. Otherwise I don't think > it would pick up that the table format is obsolete and upgrade them on > server startup. If you poke around, you can probably find the table > upgrade scripts and run them manually, which would avoid needing to > install the old version first. > > But by the time you're done with those extra steps, it would probably > have been faster to use mysqldump, unless the databases are huge. > > -Tom > The tables aren't all that big; just a PITA to try to recreate. I did the dump/import and that seems to have worked. Of course now I'm in php hell (output_buffering refuses to be set properly, Gallery2 installation doesn't recognise directory permissions) so it'll be a fun weekend. Thanks for the help! -Don -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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