On Jan 31, 2008 7:31 PM, Dave Stevens <geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > other ideas? Same idea? yum erase mysql-server yum install mysql-server service mysqld start Some of that log seems to indicate a corrupt 'mysql' DB - not sure on that. I think the relevant DB is in /var/lib/mysql - a "rpm -ql mysql-server" will let you know for sure... Chris