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% mysqladmin shutdown<br><br>... is how I shut down mysql.&nbsp;&nbsp;I did this before the Unix shutdown.&nbsp;&nbsp;I guess I could try killing the process instead.&nbsp;&nbsp;That would seem wierd.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can also try a new rebuild using the latest source code, but I may save that for a...

mysql 3.22.27<br>NetBSD 1.4.1<br><br>Since mysql server was not available in as an executable for<br>my platform (mac68k), it had to be compiled from source code.<br><br>The mysql client was available as a binary, but I chose to<br>compile it from source code anyway.<br>

It turns out that even a safe shutdown corrupts the base files.&nbsp;&nbsp;I did a normal mysql shutdown, then a normal Unix shutdown.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mysqld refused to come back up.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kept core dumping.&nbsp;&nbsp;I had to restore the base files from the distribution again.&nbsp;&nbsp;A...

Sorry about the sarcasm, but prevention and problem-solution are different animals.<br>Indeed there was data corruption despite no apparent activity.&nbsp;&nbsp;I restored the base tables from the mysql distribution and mysqld came back to life.&nbsp;&nbsp;UPS is on the wish...

Yes, of course, a UPS!&nbsp;&nbsp;Very helpful tip.&nbsp;&nbsp;I'll remember that.&nbsp;&nbsp;No process was writing to mysql at power-down.&nbsp;&nbsp;The daemon was running, but that was all.

It was running perfectly well until the power went out.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now the safe_mysqld script, which has never failed before, is core-dumping.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any ideas ?