Steve, Tuesday, November 05, 2002, 7:47:34 PM, you wrote: SB> I have messed up my server just a bit, it no longer starts ;) I have 2 SB> servers one on a 98 machine for testing, and another on a 2000 box that is SB> being set up for intranet applications at my company. I usually do changes SB> etc on the 98 box then just stop both servers and copy the data folder from SB> my 98 box to the 2000 box. This time when I wen't to restart the service on SB> the 2000 box i get a message "Fails to start the service, please wait 30 SB> seconds and try again." I did and no go :( SB> I'm new to mysql and db admin stuff so what I have been doing is probably SB> not the best way to do this, but it has worked for me so far.
SB> So can anyone tell me what I can do to fix this? SB> Also by simply stopping the service on the 2000 box am I actually shutting SB> down the server? SB> Is there another way I should be doing this kind of thing? SB> I am running mysqld-max-nt on the 2000 box, with innodb. First of all you should run server in stanalone mode to see error message: mysqld-max-nt --standalone --console If you want to make backup of InnoDB tables look at: http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html#Backing_up -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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