Hi Team, I couldn't start the mysql in the red hat 8, due the bad configuration in my.cnf and non availability of data file for the database. I want to reinstall the mysql, kindly let me know how to. I have also tried "rmp -e <File>.rpm' and removed the files from /var/lib/mysql. Reinstalled everything, still i couldn't make it. Pacakage availabe now : - [root@glinux mysql]# rpm -qa | grep -i mysql MySQL-bench-4.0.13-0 MySQL-server-4.0.13-0 MySQL-shared-4.0.13-0 MySQL-shared-compat-4.0.13-0 MySQL-devel-4.0.13-0 MySQL-client-4.0.13-0 MySQL-embedded-4.0.13-0 Mysql-DBI-perl-bin-1.1825-1 Error at startup : - 030829 17:09:57 mysqld started 030829 17:09:57 InnoDB: Started 030829 17:09:57 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' do esn't exist 030829 17:09:57 Aborting 030829 17:09:57 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 030829 17:09:59 InnoDB: Shutdown completed 030829 17:09:59 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 030829 17:09:59 mysqld ended 030829 17:10:09 mysqld started 030829 17:10:10 InnoDB: Started 030829 17:10:10 Fatal error: Can't open privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' do esn't exist 030829 17:10:10 Aborting 030829 17:10:10 InnoDB: Starting shutdown... 030829 17:10:12 InnoDB: Shutdown completed 030829 17:10:12 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete 030829 17:10:12 mysqld ended -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list