Bug #17624 error 06221 Cannot find message file errmsg.sys when starting mysqld
Submitted: 21 Feb 2006 16:41 Modified: 21 Mar 2006 17:24
Reporter: [ name withheld ] Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server Severity:S1 (Critical)
Version:5.0.16-Win32 OS:Windows (Win 98SE)
Assigned to: Assigned Account CPU Architecture:Any

[21 Feb 2006 16:41] [ name withheld ] 
Description:
I have just installed mysql 5.0.16-win32 from the .msi.
It has installed just great and now I tried to run the mysqld.exe
What I get is the following error message:

C:\Programme\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>mysqld

060221 17:32:08 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile 'C:\Programme\MySQL\MySQL Server
5.0\share\english\errmsg.sys'
060221 17:32:08 [ERROR] Aborting

There seems to be a bug fix for Win ME but I can't figure out what to do with it since it seems to work with the build, not the .msi install version.

As suggested in another bug thread, I checked that my.ini is there in my c:\windows\ and the errmsg.sys IS existing in the very folder as well...

Please help!

How to repeat:
run mysqld after having installed mysql 5.0.16-Win32 on a Win98 OS
[21 Feb 2006 17:24] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for the bug report.
Pleas try to start the server following the below command:

mysqld --defaults-file=C:\Programme\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\my.ini --standalone --console

thanks in advance.
[22 Mar 2006 0:00] Bugs System 
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