On 1/23/06, Nat Gross <nat101l@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On a test server, we managed to crash mysql to a point where I > couldn't even kill the pid. Furthermore, on a forced shutdown, fc4 > failed (timeout) to stop the service. > The problem: upon reboot, fc4 just sits and waits when trying to > startup (after the 'enabling swap space' line), undoubtly when trying > to start mysql. > The good news is that I can ssh into the box (started squid that way). > I would like to shutdown/reboot without mysql. I simply don't know > where in the etc<g> I tell the box not to try start mysql, for now. > Later, after I elimenate the file causing the mysql problem, I would > like to re-activate it again. Thanks to everyone that responded. I was a bit surprised when 'chkconfig mysql off' did NOT work. Wait...! 'chkconfig mysqld off' DID work. System rebooted fine. Thanks again to all. -nat
