Richard wrote: > The approach you can/need to take depends a bit on the type of db > table you have. If it's a MyISAM type you can (generally) simply > move the various db files from one machine to another. See: > > <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/copying-databases.html> > > for some specific notes. I always move the whole directory. > > If they are InnoDB tables, see the notes at: > > <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/innodb-migration.html> > > for details. > > Look at: > > <http://serverfault.com/questions/487159/what-is-the-ibdata1-file-in-my-var-lib-mysql-directory> > > for details on what's in the ibdata1 file. > > You need to have mysql/mariadb shut down when you move the files. Thanks very much for your advice. Actually I had already taken a rather longer path: I installed a MySQL server on my Fedora laptop, and transferred the directory /var/lib/mysql from the dead computer. This ran perfectly, so I could export the table in question, and install it on my server. -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos