Recovering files from broken Raspberry Pi - Part 2

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:43:35 +0000

This is the second part of a guide on recovering MySQL data from a broken Raspberry Pi.

Part 1: Rebuild the Raspberry Pi
Part 2: Recover the MySQL data and restore to the new environment.

With a newly functional Raspberry Pi, it was now time to try and recover MySQL data. Clearly this will only work if the SD card in the old Pi itself is actually functional and readable.

The good news is that MySQL stores its data on the file system in a reasonably compact and accessible format. There are a few differences in structure based on whether your database tables are in MyISAM or InnoDB format. This post assumes your tables are in InnoDB format (since that’s what mine were) but as far as I know, the only difference is that if your tables are in MyISAM format, then there’s no need to copy the ibdata* files over.

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Recovering files from broken Raspberry Pi - Part 2