Re: sarge 32bit --> lenny 64bit upgrade

[Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>]

Teodor wrote:
> 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


Care to share any environment details that could be useful?

~Seth