At 22:30 12/03/02 +0000, Mick wrote: Hi! Microsoft(R) Windows 95 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1996.
C:\>c:\mysql\bin\mysqld-opt --standalone --console C:\MYSQL\BIN\MYSQLD~1.EXE: ready for connections Microsoft(R) Windows 95 (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1996. C:\>c:\mysql\bin\mysql Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2 to server version: 3.23.49 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. Then I assume that you have problem to define the basedir and datadir in your configuration file (c:\my.cnf or c:\windows\my.ini). Regards, Miguel >Hi, > >I'm trying to run MySQL ver 3.23.49 on Win98 with Apache, PHP & Perl. Apache >reports that PHP & Perl are running OK. When I try to start MySQL, or let it >start on boot, or try to use the "WinMySqladmin" program, I get a Windows >error from MYSQLD-OPT.exe, with the usual Win98 "close" and "details" and >the console screen for that program reads: > >c:\serve\MySql\bin\mysql-opt.exe: Fatal error: Can't find messagefile 'C: >erve\MySql\share\english\errmsg.sys' > >It seems the program is looking in "C:/ erve" when in fact the relevant >errmsg.sys file is in the "C:/serve" folder into which everything was >installed, along with the complete MySQL installation. There is no "C:/ >erve" folder. I can't get MySql to run. > >I assumed a data error, or perhaps a wrong line in a config file somewhere, >but I uninstalled and reinstalled MySql twice (including installing to the >default folder), no change,. and I can't find any reference to this >non-existent folder anywhere in a config file, so I can't correct it. > >Please help me, it's taken me (admittedly not a networking guru) 3 days to >get Apache running happily with Perl and PHP, and this is going to tip me >over the edge...! > >Thanks in advance, Mick. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Miguel A. Solórzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ MySQL AB, FullTime Developer /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ Mogi das Cruzes - São Paulo, Brazil <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
