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 2.6 Installing MySQL on NetWare
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 Porting MySQL to NetWare was an effort spearheaded by Novell. Novell
 customers will be pleased to note that NetWare 6.5 ships with bundled
 MySQL binaries, complete with an automatic commercial use license for
 all servers running that version of NetWare.
 
 MySQL for NetWare is compiled using a combination of `Metrowerks
 CodeWarrior for NetWare' and special cross-compilation versions of the
 GNU autotools.
 
 The latest binary packages for NetWare can be obtained at
 `http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/'.   Getting MySQL.
 
 In order to host MySQL, the NetWare server must meet these requirements:
 
    * NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 2 installed and updated with the latest
      LibC, or NetWare 6.0 with Support Pack 4 installed and updated
      with the latest LibC.  NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 2 and other
      updates are available at
      `http://support.novell.com/filefinder/18197/index.html'.  NetWare
      6.0 Support Pack 4 and other updates are available at
      `http://support.novell.com/filefinder/13659/index.html'.  The
      latest LibC is available at
      `http://developer.novell.com/ndk/libc.htm'.  Steps to update LibC
      can be found here:
      `http://developer.novell.com/ndk/doc/libc/index.html?page=/ndk/doc/libc/libc_enu/data/ajjl0r0.html'
 
    * The system must meet Novell's minimum requirements to run the
      respective version of NetWare.
 
    * MySQL data, as well as the binaries themselves, must be installed
      on an NSS volume; traditional volumes are not supported.
 
 To install MySQL for NetWare, use the following procedure:
 
   1. If you are upgrading from a prior installation, stop the MySQL
      server.  This is done from the server console, using the following
      command:
 
           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'), as well as
      `my.cnf', if you have customized it. You can then delete the old
      copy of MySQL.
 
   4. You might want to rename the directory to something more
      consistent and easy to use. We recommend using `SYS:MYSQL';
      examples in this manual use this name 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. Initialize the data directory and the grant tables, 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 running MySQL on NetWare 6.0, we strongly suggest that
      you use the `--skip-external-locking' option on the command line:
 
           #Starts the MySQL 4.0.x database server
           SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
           MYSQLD_SAFE --skip-external-locking
 
      It will also be necessary to use `CHECK TABLE' and `REPAIR TABLE'
      instead of `myisamchk', because `myisamchk' makes use of external
      locking.  External locking is known to have problems on NetWare
      6.0; the problem has been eliminated in NetWare 6.5.
 
      `mysqld_safe' on NetWare provides a screen presence. When you
      unload (shut down) the `mysqld_safe' NLM, the screen does not by
      default go away.  Instead, it prompts for user input:
 
           *<NLM has terminated; Press any key to close the screen>*
 
      If you want NetWare to close the screen automatically instead, use
      the `--autoclose' option to `mysqld_safe'. For example:
 
           #Starts the MySQL 4.0.x database server
           SEARCH ADD SYS:MYSQL\BIN
           MYSQLD_SAFE --autoclose
 
   9. When installing the 4.1.x version either for the first time or
      upgrading the 4.0.x version to 4.1.x, download and install Perl
      module for MySQL 4.1 from
      `http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1126'
      and PHP Extension for MySQL 4.1 from
      `http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1078'
 
 
 The behavior of `mysqld_safe' on NetWare is described further in 
 `mysqld_safe' mysqld_safe.
 
 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.
 
 * The accounts that are listed in the MySQL grant tables
 initially have no passwords.  After starting the server, you should set
 up passwords for them using the instructions in 
 Post-installation.
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