My guess is that you created the database under the 3.23 version where
the tables default to type=myisam.
This is why the extensions are .M*
Then you switched back to the 3.22 version which does not support
myisam.
Joe Junkin
"Kevin S. Mahler" wrote:
>
> I've read the documentation. Looked for a FAQ but can't find one
> and I still can't get MySQL running on my Redhat 6.0 box.
> Can someone give me a push in the right direction?
>
> I tried installing from both the rpms and source. When I try
> to start mysqld I get the following error message in /var/lib/mysql
>
> 990930 1:05:21 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't find file: 'host.ISM' (errno: 2)
> mysqld ended on Thu Sep 30 01:05:21 EDT 1999
>
> I've looked and can't find a host.ISM file anywhere. Can't find a reference
> to it in the doc either. I did find the host.MYD and host.MYI and host.frm
> in the /var/lib/mysql/mysql directory.
