On 9/4/05, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, I blew MySQL away by replacing the MySQL control tables > with others and not making a copy of the folder. > > My data is backed up, so that is not a problem, but I cannot reinstall > MySQL and create the mysql directory with the control tables (e.g. user, > db, host). I have run "yum remove mysql" and "yum install mysql" and > "yum install mysql-server" and the control files are not recreated. > > Any suggestions? > Are you removing /var/lib/mysql after you "yum remove mysql-server" ? The mysql-server package will not overwrite the files that currently exist as a safety measure for your data, but if you're already stuck, the install won't fix the problem either. Remove the /var/lib/mysql files, then 'yum install mysql-server' then restore your data. Should solve your troubles. -- Jim Perrin System Administrator - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center