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From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: Ash Yadav <ash@fxsing.ml.com>
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Subject: Re: getting MySQL to work on 2.2.5 rel.
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On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Ash Yadav wrote:
> Has anyone managed to get MySQL to work on 2.2.5 rel. I installed it from the 
> cd-rom but when running thru the mysql_install_db script it bombs out due 
> to missinf *.frm files in the data directory.

Yes, it works great.  I've never installed from CD and if 
mysql_install_db is run from the install process that is
probably your problem.

Login as root and run mysql_install_db manually.  This 
script *creates* the .frm files so you  aren't missing
anything.

Dan
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