Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 126

the Web (for example, MySQL 4.1 or later) in SYS:\MYSQL, you must rename the folder before
upgrading the NetWare server; otherwise, files in
version present in NetWare Support Pack.
5. At the server console, add a search path for the directory containing the MySQL NLMs. For
example:
SERVER: SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
6. Initialize the data directory and the grant tables, if necessary, by executing
the server console.
7. Start the MySQL server using
8. To finish the installation, you should also add the following commands to autoexec.ncf. For
example, if your MySQL installation is in
you could add these lines:
#Starts the MySQL 5.0.x database server
SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
MYSQLD_SAFE
If you are running MySQL on NetWare 6.0, we strongly suggest that you use the
external-locking
#Starts the MySQL 5.0.x database server
SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
MYSQLD_SAFE --skip-external-locking
It is also necessary to use
makes use of external locking. External locking is known to have problems on
myisamchk
NetWare 6.0; the problem has been eliminated in NetWare 6.5. Note that the use of MySQL on
Netware 6.0 is not officially supported.
on NetWare provides a screen presence. When you unload (shut down) the
mysqld_safe
NLM, the screen does not go away by default. Instead, it prompts for user input:
mysqld_safe
*<NLM has terminated; Press any key to close the screen>*
If you want NetWare to close the screen automatically instead, use the
option to mysqld_safe. For example:
#Starts the MySQL 5.0.x database server
SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
MYSQLD_SAFE --autoclose
The behavior of
mysqld_safe
— MySQL Server Startup
9. When installing MySQL, either for the first time or upgrading from a previous version, download and
install the latest and appropriate Perl module and PHP extensions for NetWare:
• Perl: http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/downloads.php/perl/Modules/
• PHP: http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfcontent/downloads.php/php/Modules/
If there was an existing installation of MySQL on the NetWare server, be sure to check for existing
MySQL startup commands in autoexec.ncf, and edit or delete them as necessary.
Note
The accounts that are listed in the MySQL grant tables initially have no
passwords. After starting the server, you should set up passwords for them
using the instructions in
Installing MySQL on NetWare
mysqld_safe
SYS:MYSQL
[420] option on the command line:
and
CHECK TABLE
on NetWare is described further in
Script".
Section 2.18, "Postinstallation Setup and
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are overwritten by the MySQL
SYS:\MySQL
at the server console.
and you want MySQL to start automatically,
instead of myisamchk, because
REPAIR TABLE
Section 4.3.2,
mysql_install_db
--skip-
[247]
--autoclose
"mysqld_safe
Testing".
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