Hi all, Initially, I had also suspected an NFS problem,I tried the same process on a local flash file system on the target board.It still yielded the same problems. the "mysql" user has complete privileges on the directory (MYSQL's data directory /usr/local/mysql/var/).I had also tested a sample program that attempts to emulate the same sequence that mysqld follows for creating a table.(create a file, write some data into it, seek the next available position, and append some more data.).This program runs correctly, even when logged in as "mysql". I was wondering if it could be a cross compilation issue...or If there is still some privilege/other issue that I have overlooked. Thanks in adavnce, Manasvini
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