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After a reinstall, all of the old data still shows inside the MySQL/data folder, but is not actually loaded into the database.
Is there any way to have MySQL scan it’s data folder and / or reimport the old folders it has from its previous install?
[Some data was changed after the last backup / export – partially my fault – so I would rather it recognize the folders rather than reimporting the SQL files.]
If the data is in the correct folder, it will be visible in MySQL, or you will get errors when the server starts. Check
/var/log/messagesand your MySQL error log (as defined in your config).If you don’t get any errors and can’t see the data, it’s likely that the data path in
my.cnfis pointing to a different folder.