Re: Changing Database Files Path

On 21/11/16 04:03, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Robert Wolfe wrote:
>
>> Well, trying to put together a LAMP server based on Raspbian 8 and for
>> some reason, when I go to move the database files over to my evternal
>> 1TB USB drive, I get a message saying that mysql is unable to start --
>> even though the permissions have not stayed the same and the value in
>> the datadair setting is correct.
>
> You can not just copy or move MySQL database files, you have to create and
> import a database dump to maintain data integrity. This has been discussed
> here *very* often before.
>
Odd. I have done it often with ISAM files.

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