MySQL Bugs: #45018: mysqld(-nt) crashes after faulty install

Bug #45018	mysqld(-nt) crashes after faulty install - mysqld got exception 0xc0000005
Submitted:	21 May 2009 21:29	Modified:	21 May 2009 22:03
Reporter:	outside world	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	5.0.88, 5.1.33, 5.1,34	OS:	Windows (XP RP3)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	crash, exception 0xc0000005, install, mysqld, mysqld-nt

Description:
I have a problem that starts during install. In all cases the problem was:
- during install: when running server config wizard, it gets not further then the first 2 items
- server runs, cannot change root password
- when server shut down and restarted it crashes immediately
- when windows starts, the server as a service crashes
- tried deleting logfiles, mysqld(-nt)says it can't write them because data files are corrupt

I tried:
- shutting down all firewalls (also during install), does not work

How to repeat:
On my machine:
- tried 5 days ago, mysql 5.1.34
- uninstalled, cleaned registry (mysql leaves a lot of rubbish)
- retried, same problem
- uninstalled, tried wamp (5.1.33) same problem
- uninstalled, tried today 5.0.88 same problem
- the error file suggests a bug, too big (don't know how to attach):

Suggested fix:
Another database? As a check I succesfully tried interbase and postgresql and both installed and run without any problem.

Error log containing a description of the problem

Attachment: lassus.err (application/octet-stream, text), 498.74 KiB.

Thank you for the bug report. Duplicate of bug: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=44428 there are others bugs report with similar behavior.