Re: sarge 32bit --> lenny 64bit upgrade
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us> wrote:
> Claus Herwig wrote:
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>>> You can keep your /home if there's only data there, but I have to warn
>>> you that you will NOT be able to use a 32 bits mysql /var/lib/mysql
>>> folder on a 64 bits system. You WILL have to use mysqldump and then
>>> reimport.
>>
>> Could you please be a bit more specific about the mysql problem(s) one
>> will get? I just thought about a similar migration, not from sarge but
>> from etch 32 bit to etch 64 bit on a production machine.
>>
>
> Quite simple, really: it won't work. You need to do a mysqldump to a
> text file and reload it on the 64-bit system.
Really? I've did a rsync yesterday from a mysql5.0 database on "etch"
32-bit to a mysql5.0 database on "lenny" 64-bit and it works without
any problem.
Cheers
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