Madscientist,
Thursday, April 04, 2002, 2:50:40 AM, you wrote:
M> I can't seem to find help for this in the docs or with the search
M> engine.
M> I am installing the new 4.x version an rather than run it over 3.23 I
M> decided to erase the old packages first and start fresh. This is a
M> RedHat Linux 7.1 box. I am using the RPMs to do this.
M> After erasing all RPMs from 3.23, I installed the RPMs for 4.xx...
M> At the end of the process... It claims to attempt restarting MySQL, but
M> then after a few seconds complains that the startup script in init.d did
M> not exist.
M> When I go to find MySQL, only pieces of it are there and none of the
M> scripts necessary for initializing the database etc...
M> I checked rpm and it claims the package is installed... (rpm -qa | grep
M> MySQL)
M> Frustrated, I started over and removed (rpm -e ... ) the package... Then
M> installed (rpm -i) the old packages that had been working fine.
M> I get the same result and broken installation.
M> It seems that the RPM mechanism is hosed somehow.
M> Question 1... Am I hosed? -- that is, has RPM somehow become so
M> corrupted it just won't work anymore?
M> Question 2... Is there anyway to get this working again without
M> rebuilding the server from scratch?
What packages of MySQL did you install?
Show me the output of following:
rpm -qa| grep -i mysql
M> Thanks,
M> _M
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