Description:
Linux's ext3 file system always creates a lost+found folder on the root of every disk partition. I have MYSQL's data folder located on the root on its own partition.
When MYSQL starts, it always displays an non-fatal error in the logs:
[ERROR] lost+found is not a valid database or something like this
And then I seem to have this annoying phantom database now which keeps appearing (see below):
mysql> show databases;
+---------------------+
| Database |
+---------------------+
| information_schema |
| #mysql50#lost+found |
| mysql |
| test |
| tmp |
+---------------------+
So basically, kind of like windows' "thumbs.db", mysql should be hardcoded to ignore "lost+found". (in my humble opinion)
Just a silly annoyance, but very simple to fix.
How to repeat:
MYSQL's data folder being located on the root of any ext3 mount.
Suggested fix:
Well I could delete the lost+found folder, but I'm not sure the file system will like that, and it will likely just recreate it at some point.
