This server just runs the tape backups so there are no users to worry about. I'm very out of my depth now, normally just use MySQL/Mariadb with a little admin,. never had to repair this way.
Thanks again. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:00 PM, Reindl Harald <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Am 24.11.2015 um 13:52 schrieb Carl Whalley: > >> Oh boy ...well I did get the service to start this way at least, but ... >> >> [root@tiger etc]# systemctl restart mariadb.service >> [root@tiger tmp]# mysql >> > > well, i see a lot of error i can't explain > > how many users do you have? > > i would try to purge the whole "mysql" folder after stop the service and > fire "mysql_install_db" to re-create the mysql-database or even go so far > to configure mysqld for a different datadir, initialize it there and > replace the "mysql" folder with the so new created > > on any of my setups the whole "mysql" database is MyISAM and so table > spaces should not matter, not sure if maraidb switched also to "innodb" as > default engine > > in doubt drop the whole database from your current instance runnign with > "skip-grant" before stop it to get rid of tablespace rferences and at least > for the fresh instance "default-storage-engine = myisam" > > that way you should be able to merge the new created mysql-database with > your current setup > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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