On 29 Jun 2006 00:38:41 -0500, David Dyer-Bennet <dd-b at dd-b.net> wrote: > "Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> writes: > > > > > The migration itself doesn't look too painful. I just grabbed the > > most recent XML files, and they're 1.9MB & 28MB (current page > > revisions and full page history, respectively, as of last night). > > > > Of course, setting up a MySQL DB & configuring Wikimedia, well, that > > could get hairy. > > Does it have to be MySQL? Last time I ran a database it was > PostgreSQL here, for various reasons, and there may be even better > reasons on the next incarnation of servers. The installation instructions do not mention support for alternative databases. But they do give step-by-step instructions for what they do require. I haven't read through them all, but it doesn't look too bad. I think. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Installation