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System error when starting mysql service

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:40 am
by victor
I got a system error when I tried to start Mysql using

netstart my sql

and i get

system error 2 has occurred

Any advice? i'm on Win XP

rdgs

Victor

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:47 pm
by feyd
uhm.. try looking at your event logs.

Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer.

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:37 am
by swdev
Not sure what a 'system error 2' is.

As feyd says, check your error logs.

The command to start MySQL on Windows XP should be

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net start mysql
Hope this helps

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:12 am
by Weirdan

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weirdan@home:~$ perror 2
Error code   2:  No such file or directory
weirdan@home:~$
perhaps you forgot to create data directory or something similar...