2.x release: Going from internal to MySQL?

Hey all!

Running 1.x for years now, and FreeBSD only just recently allowed the 2.x in the ports. So from now on, I am on 2.x - yay! Got it running. Yay!

Just one question: Using the internal db currently, and want to migrate to SQL (on the same host) now, ideally by socket, not tcp. How would I go about porting data? I was thinking along the lines of dumping, changing to mysql, re-importing.

A "ejabberdctl ejabberd@alpha-labs.net backup ejabberd.db" gives me this:

RPC failed on the node ejabberd@localhost: nodedown

=ERROR REPORT==== 21-Mar-2009::17:34:16 ===
Error in process <0.33.0> on node 'ejabberdctl@alpha-labs' with exit value: {badarg,[{erlang,list_to_existing_atom,["ejabberd@alpha-labs"]},{dist_util,recv_challenge,1},{dist_util,handshake_we_started,1}]}

Commands to start an ejabberd node:
start Start an ejabberd node in server mode
debug Attach an interactive Erlang shell to a running ejabberd node
live Start an ejabberd node in live (interactive) mode

Optional parameters when starting an ejabberd node:
--config file Config file of ejabberd: /usr/local/etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.cfg
--ctl-config file Config file of ejabberdctl: /usr/local/etc/ejabberd/ejabberdctl.cfg
--logs dir Directory for logs: /var/log/ejabberd/
--spool dir Database spool dir: /var/spool/ejabberd/eja

Help?

Thank you in advance!
-Chris.