David Johnson wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Trying to get MySQL running on Win32 as a service... everything seems
> fine so far running with "--standalone", but when I install as a service
> (c:\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt --install), then try to start the service, I
> keep getting this error:
>
> C:\>net start mysql
> The MySql service is starting.
> The MySql service could not be started.
>
> A system error has occurred.
>
> System error 1067 has occurred.
>
> The process terminated unexpectedly.
>
> So I looked up the info in the ms headers, but it was pretty useless.
>
> //
> // MessageId: ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED
> //
> // MessageText:
> //
> // The process terminated unexpectedly.
> //
> #define ERROR_PROCESS_ABORTED 1067L
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Dave Johnson
Hi Dave
Forget the NT message. It is always the same.
mysql 3.22.20 for win32 has a little problem in finding its binarys.
To fix it, copy the 'my-example.cnf' file to C:\ and rename it to 'my.cnf'.
Then add the line:
basedir = C:/mysql/
just below '[mysqld]' in 'my.cnf'.
Hope this helps
Christian
