From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 21:20:50 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4A437B401 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 21:20:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms4.surfglobal.net (ms4.surfglobal.net [64.30.60.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39AD43FBD for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 21:20:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@battleface.com) Received: from ms4.surfglobal.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0CF1FFEF; Fri, 30 May 2003 00:20:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ms4.surfglobal.net (Postfix, from userid 65534) id ADCE01DC10; Fri, 30 May 2003 00:20:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from battleface.com (unknown [64.30.61.52]) by ms4.surfglobal.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 760FF1F3D3; Fri, 30 May 2003 00:20:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 00:20:11 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Alexander Sendzimir In-Reply-To: <200305300040.HAA10310@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Message-Id: <01131815-9256-11D7-B395-000A95775140@battleface.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-23.1 required=5.5 tests=BAYES_10,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) cc: Olivier Nicole Subject: Re: Mysql X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 04:20:50 -0000 Assuming you are installing from ports, you can install MySQL so that it leaves the current installation untouched. Check the Makefile for the exact variable name. As others have pointed out, it would be a great idea to initiate a backup first just in case. abs On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 08:40 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > I want to remove my mysql installation and re-install from scratch. > Now the > problem. I have 6 active databases. How can i make sure that i dont > loose > those. And that when i have re-installed, that they work immediatilly > ?? > ------------------------------------------------------------- ALEXANDER SENDZIMIR Battleface Consulting 290 Marble Island Road 802 863 5502 Colchester, Vermont info@battleface.com