Bug #31038 if the server locks up, mysql appears to write gibberish into the data file
Submitted: 15 Sep 2007 5:29 Modified: 24 Sep 2007 17:44
Reporter: Maurice Volaski Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: InnoDB storage engine Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.0.48 OS:Linux (Gentoo )
Assigned to: Heikki Tuuri CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: database page corruption locking up corrupt doublewrite

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[17 Sep 2007 16:14] Maurice Volaski
mysql error log

Attachment: mysqld.err.gz (application/x-gzip, text), 67.30 KiB.