I'm getting the exact same error when trying to install MySQL 4.0 on RedHat 7.0 -- both the binary distribution and the RPM.
Previous binary versions of MySQL have worked just fine on the same machine. /Rob At 10:07 -0800 2001/12/06, em huynh wrote: >I also tried using the binary distribution. and get the following error >when trying to start > >Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /usr/local/mysql/data >/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe: line 278: 9578 Illegal instruction >$NOHUP_NICENESS $ledir/$MYSQLD $defaults --basedir=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION >--datadir=$DATADIR $USER_OPTION --pid-file=$pid_file --skip-locking >>>$err_log 2>&1 >011206 02:51:49 mysqld ended ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Alexander, Alpha Geek, Workmate.ca WWW Database Applications and Web Hosting http://www.workmate.ca 416-823-6599 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Life's unfair - but root password helps!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php