Re: mysqld wont start...

So anyway, it was like, 03:00 CEST Jul 31 2008, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
The Natural Philosopher was all like, "Dude,

dear boy, I have been running unix servers for years [..]

Good for you! And, may I say, it's a wonder this is the worst that has
ever happened to you in all those years given your flippant attitude
towards infrastructure.

Experience, rather than opinion, shows that what kills boxes is bad
disks, and/or bad memory. Not losing power.

The only times I have lost PC's or *nix machines have been when
power goes down *when booting them*. As happened in this case due to
a very unusual combination of events.

[..]

Apparently you realise that problems can, and do, occur when losing
power, yet you get all huffy and condescending when I point out that
an UPS would save you the embarassment next time the power goes out.
It's sort of funny, but as I said, if you're that stubborn I guess
you'll just take longer to learn. Or not learn, as it were.

Long experience does not seem to help in making people open to good
suggestions in general, it seems you're no exception to that rule.

Anyroads, it's none of my business, really, and I was just offering
some helpful advice based on /my/ humble experience, so best of luck!

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