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Converting single wordpress blog to network ( aka MU )

What should be simple took quite a while. There is really only way to do this, and that is from scratch.

1) Create an XML export

2) Rename your install and put it somewhere else

3) Drop the database, create a new one

4) Install WordPress

5) Follow the instructions for network install

6) Import your XML.

7) copy the upload directory from the old instance