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On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:18:22 -0400 (EDT)
"J. Patrick Campbell" <patrick@lowmips.com> wrote:

> I've messed up my mysql db and reinstalled. overwrote the config file but
> the db mysql is still there and i can't access it. how do i delete it and
> recreate it? I've just started messing with it so i have no data to back
> up. I just want to nuke it and start over.
>
> Thanks,

/var/lib/mysql

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:24:58 +1300, Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:18:22 -0400 (EDT)
> "J. Patrick Campbell" <patrick@lowmips.com> wrote:
>
> > I've messed up my mysql db and reinstalled. overwrote the config file but
> > the db mysql is still there and i can't access it. how do i delete it and
> > recreate it? I've just started messing with it so i have no data to back
> > up. I just want to nuke it and start over.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> /var/lib/mysql
>

If you really want to start over, as root

1. Nuke /var/lib/mysql
2. run 'ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-????/mysql-????.ebuild config'

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