Here is an update: In /var/lib/ , I have these four directories: mysql mysql-5.7 mysql-files mysql-keyring In the mysql-5.7 directory, I have found what appears to be my dozen or so databases that I created. So yes, my data appears it was retained. I have tarballed the data and am uploading it to an external device. In the meantime, I am next working on bringing my data back in a way where an SQL server can see it. It doesn't even have to be a robust, long-term solution. I was intending on switching it over on Monday. I don't really care if it only sort of works, I just need to extract the data as an SQL file and go from there. Thanks, Rich On 5/27/2017 at 4:26 PM, rich.greder@hushmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Guys, I did a bad one. I only had one server remaining that still had mysql installed and thinking I was logged into my laptop's console, I executed apt-get install mariadb-server.
I wasn't on my laptop. I was logged into a virtual hosting server and knocked eight sites offline including my wiki of all my HOWTO documents ironically, describing how to install mariadb-server on various platforms.
I didn't notice anything was amiss until I saw a comment that it was uninstalling mysql (which I knew wasn't on my laptop)
I was able to log in using my old root password, but all my databases were gone.
Is there any hope for recovering the databases as they were earlier today?
Rich
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