Implementing older version of mySQL on RH9 I'm building a virtual machine running Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike) and MySQL. This is to virtualize a current production system that needs new hardware.  Questions:

Can I copy the existing mysql daemon executables to the new machine from the old one and if so, where are they located, and what is involved?

Are their archived packages of the early mySQL packages? I was hoping to find the exact version running on my old server, to do an install, and the copy the database file.


Update:
Hi..... many thanks for the ideas.  I'm pretty sure the copy is the way to go.... (thanks Tometzky), but it is somewhat fraught, as the old hardware has a software RAID array, so I'm not sure I can do a bitcopy and have it work. And, the original mySQL is 3.23 (just about the first production version....). Earliest source I've found was at SkyServer which started at version 4.x.
A dd from one /dev/sda to /dev/sdb seems to work fine (simulated in VirtualBox).  So far an /dev/md0 (from a RAID 1 drive) doesn't work....but I'm going to try copying partitions individually, and then see if that will work.
Our original mySQL is 3.23 (just about the first production version....). Earliest packaged binaries at SkyServer are 4.1
Obviously, this is a temporary move to buy us some time while we re-write the applications that query the mySQL.
Personally, I would not risk moving the installed binaries laterally to a newer OS because you may have to drag along needed libraries WHICH MAY NOT WORK IN THE NEWER OS !!!

You should thoroughly look through MySQL's Archives, which goes back to MySQL 5.0.15.

SkySQL also tries to fully accommodate users of older versions of MySQL, MariaDB, and more. Please go to their repository and find the version you need. They go back to MySQL 4.1. 

You should make sure SkySQL has RHEL6 builds, at least.

You could also try compiling MySQL from source within RH9. DISCLAIMER : Never Built MySQL From Source