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Porting MySQL
to NetWare
was an effort spearheaded by
Novell
. Novell customers will be pleased to note that NetWare 6.5
will ship with bundled MySQL binaries, complete with an automatic
commercial use license for all servers running that version of NetWare.
As of version 4.0.11, the MySQL server is available for Novell NetWare in
binary package form. MySQL for NetWare is compiled using a combination
of Metrowerks CodeWarrior for NetWare
and special cross-compilation
versions of the GNU autotools.
In order to host MySQL, the NetWare server must meet these requirements:
The binary package for NetWare can be obtained at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/.
To install MySQL for NetWare, use the following procedure:
SERVER: mysqladmin -u root shutdown |
If you are upgrading from a prior installation, you may need to copy the data directory (for example, `SYS:MYSQL\DATA') now, as well as `my.cnf' if you have customized it. You can then delete the old copy of MySQL.
SERVER: SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN |
mysql_install_db
at the server console.
mysqld_safe
at the server console.
autoexec.ncf
. For example, if your MySQL installation is in
`SYS:MYSQL' and you want MySQL to start automatically, you could
add these lines:
#Starts the MySQL 4.0.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
--skip-external-locking
option on the command line:
#Starts the MySQL 4.0.x database server SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN MYSQLD_SAFE --skip-external-locking |
It will also be neccesary to use CHECK TABLE
and REPAIR
TABLE
instead of myisamchk
, because myisamchk
makes use
of external locking. External locking is known to have problems on
NetWare 6.0; the problem has been eliminated in NetWare 6.5.
If there was an existing installation of MySQL on the server, be sure
to check for existing MySQL startup commands in autoexec.ncf
,
and edit or delete them as necessary.
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