Bug #92370 mysqld --initialize fails because data directory has files in it
Submitted: 11 Sep 2018 20:21 Modified: 12 Sep 2018 0:45
Reporter: Tony Darnell Email Updates:
Status: Not a Bug Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:8.0.12 OS:MacOS (10.13.2)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:x86 (64-bit)

File: Maximum allowed size is 50MB.
Description:
Privacy:

If the data you need to attach is more than 50MB, you should create a compressed archive of the data, split it to 50MB chunks, and upload each of them as a separate attachment.

To split a large file:

[11 Sep 2018 23:26] Miguel Solorzano
Installer asking for root password so the data directory is created by installer during installing

Attachment: 01_creating_root_password.png (image/png, text), 450.47 KiB.

[11 Sep 2018 23:26] Miguel Solorzano
End install Success

Attachment: 02_end_install.png (image/png, text), 878.41 KiB.

[11 Sep 2018 23:27] Miguel Solorzano
Login after the install no need to use --initialize

Attachment: 03_login_to_the_server.png (image/png, text), 386.31 KiB.