[Koha] Re: Koha Digest, Vol 8, Issue 19

[Amzari Abu Bakar]

Hi Nitin,

I have tried once, migrating from windows to Koha. You can backup your Database using either mysql command or Mysql Administrator if you are not familiar using command line. mysql Administrator is pretty easy. You can download it from mysql.com. You can follow the following step:

1. Check your Koha version. eg: 2.2.4. So, you need to install 2.2.4 version first on Linux.
2. Install Koha on Linux.Make sure it is running well.
3. Backup your Koha database in Windows. it will generate sql script.
4. Restore database (run this script) in Linux.
5. Map database which Koha would read to your new database. You can do this inside /etc/koha.conf

After that, if it is work well, you can run upgrade script to upgrade to a newer version (eg: 2.2.5).

Hope it can help.

Amzari Abu Bakar
FingerClick Solutions
"Assisting Koha in Malaysia"

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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:30:50 +0530
From: "Nitin Madhavan" <mnitin73 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Koha] Migrating Data from Windows to Linux
To: Koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
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I installed Koha for windows initially and catalogued my entire collection.
I have now successfully installed Koha on Linux and would like to use the
same database. I tried copying the database folder onto the linux database
folder, but it doesnt seem to work. How do I use my earlier data?
Maddy