check the privileges on directories. that error you generally get when user dont have sufficient privileges on directories. please go through the installation steps given in mysql documentation
Anil -----Original Message----- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:28 PM To: manasvini nandakumar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mysql_install_db problem!! manasvini nandakumar wrote: >Hi all, > >I have cross compiled mysql-4.1.7 (from the source distribution)for an IXP425 based board with Montavista Linux-3.0.When I run mysql_install_db --user=mysql ...It runs into several errors with the following log > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /usr/local# ./bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql >WARNING: The host '192.168.10.231' could not be looked up with resolveip. >This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 % compatible >with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL daemon, mysqld, should work >normally with the exception that host name resolving will not work. >This means that you should use IP addresses instead of hostnames >when specifying MySQL privileges ! >ERROR: 3 Error writing file './mysql/db.frm' (Errcode: 2) >ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.db' doesn't exist >ERROR: 1146 Table 'mysql.db' doesn't exist >ERROR: 3 Error writing file './mysql/host.frm' (Errcode: 2) >ERROR: 3 Error writing file './mysql/user.frm' (Errcode: 2) > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- > >The filesystem is NFS mounted.I am hoping someone can tell me why this is happenning and If I have missed out something. > > The mysql user cannot write to the database directory. It could be an NFS issue. >Thanx in advance, > >Manasvini > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
