Hi! At 01:50 PM 11/1/01 -0000, you wrote: >i log administrator >i have created the directory c:\ibdata\ibdata1
Ok, that explains the error: ibdata1 should be a file. If you have a directory of the same name 'ibdata1', then Windows tries to open a DIRECTORY for reading, which does not succeed, of course. Make sure you have directories C:\ibdata and C:\iblogs but no subdirectories to these. Regards, Heikki >same error.. >Regards, >Jean >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Heikki Tuuri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 10:59 AM >Subject: Re: error starting mysql > > >> Hi! >> >> I looked from the MS Developer Studio manual: >> >> Code Description Name >> >> 2 The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND >> 3 The system cannot find the path specified. ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND >> 4 The system cannot open the file. ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES >> 5 Access is denied. ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED >> >> Maybe you should log in to your Win2000 >> computer as the Administrator? >> >> >when i run mysqld-max-nt --consolei have the error message: >> >InnoDB: operating system error number 5 in a file operation. >> >InnoDB: operating system error number 5 in a file operation. >> >InnoDB: Error in creating or opening c:\IbData\ibdata1 >> >InnoDB: Could not open data files011101 11:21:53 Can't init databases >> >> Regards, >> >> Heikki >> http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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