Todor Petkov wrote: >> I'm running CentOS-7, but I left some MySQL databases >> on my old CentOS-6.5 partition which I'd like to retrieve. >> I assume they are contained in the file /var/lib/mysql/ibdata1 ? >> >> Could I just copy this file to /var/lib/mysql in CentOS-7? >> Or is there some way Mariadb or phpMyAdmin can import mysql databases >> from a server that is no longer running? > > The C6 partition is part of the new server, so you are able to mount it > and copy files from it, is this correct? Have you done something with > the MariaDB or it's still clean installation? I did add something to Mariadb on the new CentOS-7 system, but I don't mind deleting it and starting again. I can mount the partition with the old mysql files on it. Could I just copy the contents of /mnt/var/lib/mysql to the new system? There are files with the same name, eg ibdata1, on both systems. Could I have an ibdata2 ? Any suggestions gratefully received. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin