look in the scripts directory and use one of the db_install (or install_db) scripts.
It is failing because you do not have a mysql database defined...
On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:56:04PM -0500, root wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a Linux-Mandrake installer of MySQL and have read no less
> than 4 complete
> installation guides:
>
> -2 of included with the binary each different,
> -1 online tutorial and
> -1 from a published book)
>
> and none of them work completely
>
> I have unzipped, installed and tested.
>
> -MySQL server starts when the mysql.server script is run from the
> console
>
> -MySQL starts and stops all at once when the safe_mysqld script is run
> from the
> console
>
> -mysql client starts correctly from the console
>
> I have copied the mysql.server script to /etc/init.d
> and linked it in rc0.d as
>
> S01mysql (as suggested in the commented code)
>
> and also tried naming it
>
> K90mysql (how I found it named in a rpm install that worked)
>
> also I made a linked it in rc3.d as
>
> S99 (as suggested in the commented code)
>
> and also tried naming it
>
> S90 (how I found it named in a rpm install that worked)
>
> So, my questions are:
>
> 1. How do I get MySQL to start and stop with the boot and shutdown of my
> system?
>
> 2. Why does the safe_mysqld script start and stop in 1 fell swoop?
>
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