I just ran mysql 4.0.15 on a Mac for the first time and got the following in my .err file:
InnoDB: a new database to be created! 040128 7:40:24 InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 10 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... 040128 7:40:25 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile0 did not exist: new to be created InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile0 size to 20 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... 040128 7:40:45 InnoDB: Log file ./ib_logfile1 did not exist: new to be created InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 20 MB InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait... InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer not found: creating new InnoDB: Doublewrite buffer created InnoDB: Creating foreign key constraint system tables InnoDB: Foreign key constraint system tables created 040128 7:41:08 InnoDB: Started 040128 7:41:08 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist 040128 7:41:08 Aborting 040128 7:41:08 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 040128 7:41:11 InnoDB: Shutdown completed 040128 7:41:11 /Library/MySQL/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 040128 07:41:11 mysqld ended How do I create the mysql.host file and where should it be located?