On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:43:58 +0100, Martin Edelius wrote:
>I'm not totally sure you can run it under 4.2, even though it compiles
>and installs properly. And If I remember correctly there was a problem
>with the 19 distr preventing it from running the install_db script
>properly. And since you managed that part properly that might be
>indicative of an error. 8)
>
>Have you considered upgrading to a later RH distr?
>
Actually, we are considering upgrading our servers, but it going to be a major task, being
as how we are a fairly active
ISP.
>And why do you start the mysqld manually, doesn't the script put the
>startup files in your init.d dir?
No, there are no files placed in the init.d directory from running the mysql_install_db
script.
Not even when I have successfully installed 19b on one of our 5.2 Servers.
Could you tell me what the newest release version is that is known to run on RH4.2
successfully.
Thanks,
Kevin P. O'Brien, MCP, CPST <kevino@stripped>
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