Can"t initialize mysqld data dir

I'm trying to get started with running mysqld but I can't set up the
data directory. Any hints? Thanks in advance. Details follow:

$ uname -a
Linux hammer.csail.mit.edu 2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu
Oct 1 14:41:38 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ mysql/bin/mysqld --version
mysql/bin/mysqld Ver 5.4.3-beta for unknown-linux-gnu on x86_64
(MySQL Community Server (GPL))

$ cat my.cnf
[mysqld]
port=3307
datadir=./data-mysql
basedir=mysql

$ mkdir data-mysql

$ mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db --basedir=mysql --datadir=./data-mysql
Installing MySQL system tables...
091213 13:45:13 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile
'/local-home/yang/packdb/mysql/share/mysql/share/english/err msg.sys'
091213 13:45:13 [ERROR] Aborting

091213 13:45:13 [Note]

Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
../data-mysql/ for more information.

You can try to start the mysqld daemon with:

shell> mysql//bin/mysqld --skip-grant &

and use the command line tool mysql//bin/mysql
to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:

shell> mysql//bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
gives you a log in ./data-mysql/ that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com/. Please consult the MySQL manual section
'Problems running mysql_install_db', and the manual section that
describes problems on your OS. Another information source are the
MySQL email archives available at http://lists.mysql.com/.

Please check all of the above before mailing us! And remember, if
you do mail us, you MUST use the mysql//scripts/mysqlbug script!

$ mysql//bin/mysqld --defaults-file=my.cnf --skip-grant
091213 14:04:18 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins.
091213 14:04:18 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
091213 14:04:19 InnoDB Plugin 1.0.4 started; log sequence number 44254
091213 14:04:19 [Warning] Can't open and lock time zone table: Table
'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without
them
091213 14:04:19 [ERROR] Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table
'mysql.servers' doesn't exist
091213 14:04:19 [Note] mysql//bin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.4.3-beta' socket: '/tmp/mysql.sock' port: 3307 MySQL
Community Server (GPL)

$ mysql//bin/mysql -u root mysql -e 'show tables;'
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Yang Zhang
http://www.mit.edu/~y_z/

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