At 3/10/99 2:24:00 PM, you wrote: >What do I do? Well I ran mysqld --help to see what the paths where >supposed to be, and found them. Copied the *.frm files from the position >where they were at, and tried mysqld again. No joy. I read some more, >and everything comes back to that file. > >Anyone have an idea about what to do? I'm just this (-><-) far from >getting my system to do what I want it to do. (I just have to mount a 4 >GB partition for my database and web documents, but I'm waiting for this >other thing to work.) Hi, I had mysql running about 6 months ago, but had no need for it so I deleted it. I remember there was some difficulty getting it to initialize. There is a catch-22 sort of startup procedure for mysql and postgres. They both come with a default database, which you must first open up, then you can create a new database. With postgres it was called "jolly", and with mysql (sorry I can remember). On the mysql website, there is extra documentation. The complete manual in pdf format seems to give all the steps you need to go thru. Mysql contains alot of security features and you need to create root priviledges and user priviledges before you can use it. The pdf document explains this step by step. Also there is an excellent mail list for mysql. If you want to use mysql, susbscribe to it. It is a really informative list. There is plenty of help available there. - To get out of this list, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ and the archive at http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html
