mysqld_safe

[Levi Campbell]

OK, I ran sh mysqld_safe on my computer and it said "Starting mysqld-max deamon.", 
went to the next line on screen and didn't give me a command line, which leads me to 
think one of two things happened: 1. the server started successfully. 2. the server 
startup faild and locked up. I'm hoping it is no. 1 that happened. if so, how do I get 
a command prompt after I start the server? and if the server does work, how do I get 
it to startup with Debian Linux?