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On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:51:52 -0500, "Minesh Patel"
<mpatel_at_bcm.tmc.edu> wrote:
>Can someone tell if you can copy (dump) and (restores) from one OS system to
>another i.e. from Digital Unix to Sun Solaris and bring up the database. I
>do this from Digital box to another Digital box. But would like to know if
>it can be done to another OS platform. If not why ? maybe some one can
>explain ?
>
Gawd! Must be a sun-spot thing or something? <just joking...>
Short answer:
No.
Long answer:
because the CPU's you're talking about are completely different and the low level data is stored in a different format between one and the other. Given that when you're copying datafiles across you're essentially copying low level data, they will not be compatible.
Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam
Received on Wed Aug 22 2001 - 09:52:44 CDT