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Old 01-13-2008, 05:07 PM   #1
Zeno McDohl
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Copy SQL?


I have a backup of an old drive. It has some SQL data on it I want to copy to the new drive. Now I see some SQL data under:
/var/lib/mysql/database_name

Can I just copy that to the new drive under /var?
 
Old 01-14-2008, 09:55 AM   #2
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Basically, yes.
 
  


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