Have you turned log-bin on the master server? The master will not generate the log files that the slave reads unless this is turned on.
|---------+----------------------------> | | Floyd Wellershaus| | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | .com> | | | | | | 04/03/2003 12:54 | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: "Mysqllist (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cc: | | Subject: mysql replication problem | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hello, I am trying to start replication between 2 linux servers mysql version is 4.0.8. I am following all instructions, but I keep getting the following error message on the slave when I restart. 030303 10:35:28 mysqld started 030303 10:35:29 InnoDB: Started /usr/mysql/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections 030303 10:35:29 Slave I/O thread: connected to master '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3306', replication started in log 'floyd-bin.008' at position 164 030303 10:35:29 Error reading packet from server: Could not find first log file name in binary log index file (server_errno=1236) 030303 10:35:29 Got fatal error 1236: 'Could not find first log file name in binary log index file' from master when reading data from binary log 030303 10:35:29 Slave I/O thread exiting, read up to log 'floyd-bin.008', position 164 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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