Re: [PLUG] MySQL 3

[Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>]

I'll try the CentOS and Red Hat 9 options in a VM.  Hopefully one of
them will install and recognize the CPU, disk, and network device in
the VM.  :)

Thanks,
      Aaron

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 3:39 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> On 03/29/2014 10:10 AM, Aaron Mulder wrote:
>>
>> I just came across some MySQL .frm .ISM .ISD files from circa 2000.
>> I'd like to load them up and produce a dump that I can load into a
>> modern version of MySQL to explore.
>>
>> I believe, based on a little Googling, that MySQL 3.23.x would be the
>> way to go.  But I don't have a machine or OS from that era, and I
>> pretty much assume it would not be worth the effort to get it to
>> compile on a modern platform.  I'm guessing loading up an old distro
>> that includes it would be easier.
>>
>> Any suggestions for how to get a MySQL 3.23 environment up and
>> running?  It would be especially helpful if there was a LiveCD or
>> something I could install easily into a VM.  All I need is five
>> minutes of MySQL 3.23 to put my files in place and run a dump.  (It's
>> a small database, so speed or capacity is not a concern.)
>
>
> Options:
>
> 1. Go to http://vault.centos.org/3.9/isos/i386/, download at least (and
> probably only) disk1, boot it into a VM, install a minimal OS and the
> 'mysql' RPM.  Now that I look, I bet
> http://vault.centos.org/3.9/isos/i386/CentOS-3.9-server-i386.iso would Just
> Work!
>
> 2. I fired up a VM with CentOS-3.8 running CentOS-5.6's
> mysql-3.23.58-16.RHEL3.1.i386.rpm (latest ISO I already had).  I have not
> done anything with it, but I'll guess it'll work.  Since you presumably need
> root I can create a throw-away clone and give you access, but I'd need to
> sort out how to isolate it from my environment.  If it was physical I'd DMZ
> it, but since it's a VM I'd need to figure out the VMware Workstation 8.x
> network/capabilities to do that, then fuss with firewall rules.  Probably
> possible, but not sure when I could get to it.  (Likely within 0-3 days,
> but...)
>
> Let me know if we need to figure out #2, but let us know how it turns out,
> JP
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