I also did a fresh install of RH 7.0 with the mysql RPMS from the CD-ROMs.
The files installed correctly, including the RPMs; therefore, those are NOT
the problem.
There is no separate "data directory". Those are labelled "test" and
"mysql". As you create additional databases, those directories will be
added as well.
First, ensure that /var, /var/lib, and /var/lib/mysql have permissions set
to: drxwr-xr-x
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerald L. Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:28 AM
To: Joseph Greenawalt
Cc: Mysql
Subject: Re: Beginner Help, can't get it started, but did in the past
Joseph Greenawalt wrote:
>
> Hello all, I hope someone can help. I have a fresh install of Red Hat
> 7.0, I installed mysql-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm and then
> mysql-server-3.23.22-6.i386.rpm. Supposedly the daemon is automatically
> starts, well it doesn't. I tried the mysql_install_db and it runs, but
> I don't think it makes the databases because when I try to start the
> daemon with safe_mysqld & it says it tries to open the databases in
> /var/lib/mysql, shouldn't there be a data directory or something? I don't
> know,
> but it can't find them because the script immediately ends. The listing
of
> the
> /var/lib/mysql is localhost.localdomain.err mysql/ mysql.sock= test/
Any
> help
> would be appreciated, I have a school project deadline coming up with JDBC
> and my
> problem is with this database more than the code. I would prefer to use
> mysql, but if I can't
> get it running, I might have to use MSAccess :-( Thanks in advance,
> Joe
>
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
If these are the RPMs on the CD, they are no good.
Go to redhat.com or mysql.com and get working RPMs.
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