2.1.4.1 Installing the MySQL for NetWare Binaries

1. If you are upgrading from a prior installation, stop the MySQL server. This is done from the server console, using:

   SERVER:  mysqladmin -u root shutdown
   

2. Log on to the target server from a client machine with access to the location where you will install MySQL.
3. Extract the binary package zip file onto the server. Be sure to allow the paths in the zip file to be used. It is safe to simply extract the file to `SYS:\'. If you are upgrading from a prior installation, you may need to copy the data directory (for example, `SYS:MYSQL\DATA') now, as well as `my.cnf' if you have customised it. You can then delete the old copy of MySQL.
4. You may wish to rename the directory to something more consistent and easy to use. We recommend using `SYS:MYSQL'; examples in the manual will use this to refer to the installation directory in general.
5. At the server console, add a search path for the directory containing the MySQL NLMs. For example:

   SERVER:  SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
   

6. Install the initial database, if needed, by executing mysql_install_db at the server console.
7. Start the MySQL server using mysqld_safe at the server console.
8. To finish the installation, you should also add the following commands to autoexec.ncf. For example, if your MySQL installation is in `SYS:MYSQL' and you want MySQL to start automatically, you could add these lines:

   #Starts the MySQL 4.0.x database server
   SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
   MYSQLD_SAFE
   

   If you are using NetWare 6.0, you should add the --skip-external-locking flag:

   #Starts the MySQL 4.0.x database server
   SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
   MYSQLD_SAFE --skip-external-locking
   

If there was an existing installation of MySQL on the server, be sure to check for existing MySQL startup commands in autoexec.ncf, and edit or delete them as necessary.

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