Help! Can"t get my MySQL service started!

Help! Can"t get my MySQL service started!

am 22.10.2009 19:24:16 von Matthew Laurence

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I'm trying to configure and start a MySQL 5.1 service for the first time,
and I'm having trouble. The MySQL Server 5.1 system was installed on a
separate drive from the system drive (if that's an issue). My GUI tools are
on the C: drive, and the server installation is on the E: drive.


Anyway, I'm using mysql administrator to try and create, configure and start
a new MySQL database. I've never done this before, and I'm having trouble
finding any clear guidance on how to do it online. I think I'm close, but
here is the log of my last three attempts to start my new service:


SERVICE SETTINGS:

Display Name: MySQL

Service Description: MySQLESAI


CONFIGURATION FILE:

Config fielname: E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my-large.ini

(I chose this one at random to have something to start with)

Section Name: mysqld


PATH TO BINARY: E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld


This all seems pretty clear and ok... so here we go:


Attempt 1:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Can't create test file E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.1\data\mail.lower-test


Can't create test file E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.1\data\mail.lower-test


Aborting


E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld: Shutdown complete



I then created a "data" folder in that directory, and tried to start it
again:



Attempt 2:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.


Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.



I ran mysql_upgrade which seemed to work (gave me no indication there were
any problems. Then tried again to start through Administrator:



Attempt 3:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.


Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.


Recovering after a crash using mysql-bin


Starting crash recovery...


Crash recovery finished.


Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host'
doesn't exist




So this sounds bad. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I
followed the advice at this site:


http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-start-service .html


and added the MyQL bin path (E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin)
to my system PATH... any issues there?


Any help or guidance would be very very helpful - I need to get this thing
running ASAP! Thank you so much in advance - please send any responses to
mattlaurence@gmail.com

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RE: Help! Can"t get my MySQL service started!

am 23.10.2009 01:05:10 von Gavin Towey

Do you have a program called mysql_install_db? It looks like you need that=
to create the initial mysql system database in your data directory.

Regards,
Gavin Towey

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Laurence [mailto:mattlaurence@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:24 AM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Help! Can't get my MySQL service started!

I'm trying to configure and start a MySQL 5.1 service for the first time,
and I'm having trouble. The MySQL Server 5.1 system was installed on a
separate drive from the system drive (if that's an issue). My GUI tools are
on the C: drive, and the server installation is on the E: drive.


Anyway, I'm using mysql administrator to try and create, configure and star=
t
a new MySQL database. I've never done this before, and I'm having trouble
finding any clear guidance on how to do it online. I think I'm close, but
here is the log of my last three attempts to start my new service:


SERVICE SETTINGS:

Display Name: MySQL

Service Description: MySQLESAI


CONFIGURATION FILE:

Config fielname: E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my-large.ini

(I chose this one at random to have something to start with)

Section Name: mysqld


PATH TO BINARY: E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld


This all seems pretty clear and ok... so here we go:


Attempt 1:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Can't create test file E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.1\data\mail.lower-test


Can't create test file E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.1\data\mail.lower-test


Aborting


E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld: Shutdown complete



I then created a "data" folder in that directory, and tried to start it
again:



Attempt 2:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.


Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.



I ran mysql_upgrade which seemed to work (gave me no indication there were
any problems. Then tried again to start through Administrator:



Attempt 3:

Trying to start the server ...

Server could not be started.


Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.


Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.


Recovering after a crash using mysql-bin


Starting crash recovery...


Crash recovery finished.


Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host'
doesn't exist




So this sounds bad. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I
followed the advice at this site:


http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/windows-start-service .html


and added the MyQL bin path (E:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin)
to my system PATH... any issues there?


Any help or guidance would be very very helpful - I need to get this thing
running ASAP! Thank you so much in advance - please send any responses to
mattlaurence@gmail.com

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Matt
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http://www.mattlaurence.com/

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