Hi! In .38 mysqld.exe was accidentally copied with __NT__ defined. Use mysqld-max.exe or download a new 3.23.39 from www.mysql.com. Regards, Heikki http://www.innodb.com Copied message: ........................ hello, I have installed mysql 3.23.38 binaries on win 98 first mysqld --version says "mysqld-max debug" and not mysqld without additionnal database systems.mysqld-max corresponds to mysqld-max ok I have innodb_* set in my.ini file innodb_dazta_file_path=ibevolif:1M when trying to start the server i have this message : 1)when creating innodb when ibevolif still does not exist creates everything and says got signal 11 aborting 2)second try mysqld --debug says Innobase : assertion failure in thread 4294785375 in file M:/mysql-3.23\innobase\os\os0file.c line 187 Innobase : we intentionnaly generat a memory trap Innobase : send a bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED] got signal 11 aborting thanks for help pascal --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php