Re: Can't start the server after installation

On 10/05/2021 11:39, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 10/05/2021 11.19, Fokke Nauta wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We run a Windows 10 Pro x64 pc as a server. MySQL was installed and 
>> ran fine. No problems. Recently I tried to update it with the 8.0.24 
>> installer. Everything worked fine, except that when applying the 
>> configuration, the server won't start. I waited quite a long time, 
>> untill I got a popup with the message "MySQL server 8.0.24 
>> configuration is taking longer than expected".
>> Then I stopped the proces and uninstalled the server and it's 
>> components completely.
>> I installed a new server, 8.0.24. Settings: Developement (default). 
>> Same problem, installation works fine but the server won't start. 
>> After waiting a long time I interrupted the process and uninstalled 
>> the server again and all of it's components. Then I installed the 
>> server again, but now as MySQL server only.
>> The same problem ocurred.
>> What can be wrong? What can I do to make the server run?
> 
> I suggest you start your event viewer and look for events in there, sure 
> it had been easier if it has been searchable, but sadly closed source 
> products ain't that user friendly.
> Stability with the combination MySQL and MS-Windows have been bad, I 
> would recommend to use another OS to run it on, for local testing WSL 
> seems to work quite ok.
> 
> 
> I would do recommend you to test MariaDB, go for the 10.x version, it's 
> open with it's bug fixes which Oracle ain't. Still they are more or less 
> just drop in replacements for each other.
> 

Hi,

Thanks for your quick response.
I just found the cause. Allthough during the installation I specified a 
special database location, which I replaced with the original data after 
the installation, MySQL didn't see the databases. I found that it looked 
at a different location. After replacing those files with the original 
ones, it works fine.

Using another OS is no option, unfortunately. There are many good 
Linuxes around, but my knowledge of them is too little to fully use them.

Fokke