Hi! What version of MySQL you are running?
Is the output below ALL you get into the .err log? In >= 4.0 you can disbale InnoDB by putting the line skip-innodb to my.cnf. Best regards, Heikki Tuuri Innobase Oy http://www.innodb.com Foreign keys, transactions, and row level locking for MySQL InnoDB Hot Backup - a hot backup tool for InnoDB which also backs up MyISAM tables Order MySQL technical support from https://order.mysql.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: ""M.D. DeWar"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: mailing.database.myodbc Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:36 PM Subject: INNOB error and mysql won't start > Hello, > I have a problem that started. > I am getting this error in /var/log/messages > > 31229 12:44:47 Can't init databases > 031229 12:44:47 Aborting > > 031229 12:44:47 InnoDB: Warning: shutting down a not properly started > InnoDB: or created database! > 031229 12:44:47 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete > > 031229 12:44:47 mysqld ended > > in the /etc/my.cnf I have all the innodb statement remmed out. > > I accidently deleted the ibdata and iblogfile files. > > How can I fix this. ? > > Thanks > Mark the newbie > > > -- > 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]