Mysql on Windows Server 2003

[plangenkamp]

I have a problem getting MySql to work on a Windows Server 2003 OS. After installing, and (non required) rebooting the server, the mysql service still doesn't start.

The eventlog tells me:
"The MySql service was successfully sent a start control."
"The MySql service entered the running state."
"The MySql service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s)."

All in the same second. Anyone any clue what the problem could be?

[plangenkamp]

I have resolved the problem. First i deleted all my.ini files (in c:\windows and c:\documents and settings\administrator\windows) and my.cnf file (in c:) and created a new my.cnf containing only

[mysqld]
basedir=D:/mysql
datadir=D:/mysql/data

And to be sure i copied the file to c:\windows and renamed it to my.ini

then i opened the console, changed to d:\mysql\bin and started mysql using "net start mysql"!

And it started correctly :lol: I guess something was wrong with the files i previously created. Now i can go on configuring. see you later