[Gllug] Extract the data from a MySQL database's *files*?

[Richard Huxton]

On 01/04/10 14:29, Richard Jones wrote:
>
> I've got a friend who has a VM image.  This image used to be a MySQL
> database instance, but for various reasons we cannot boot it any more.
>
> However, the raw MySQL database files are still on there.
>
> Can we extract the data somehow?  Can we tell another MySQL instance
> to look at these files?

If you have actual files, then yes. Can you mount the image's virtual 
disks OK?

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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