I now have a database on it that I'd really rather not retype as well as a freshly installed Debian box. What steps are necessary to move the Windows MySQL database to the Debian (PortegeSQL?) server?

Because MySQL is such a popular database, I thought it would be a great data source to use as an illustration. This will also refresh your memory on how to set MySQL up for remote connections.

As part of the installation package, MySQL will make use of the Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset, released as Microsoft's first open-source contribution earlier this year.