"Shannon R." <shannon_mtbikes@stripped> wrote:
> i'll be moving from a RedHat server to a Debian server very soon. despite the
> different linux distributions, is it ok to transfer my entire mysql database by just
> copying everything in /var/lib/mysql of the RedHat system to the Debian system? has anyone
> tried this before?
Sure. Don't forget to shut down the server before taking a snapshot of the data directory.
Do the same
on target server.
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