Specifications

Windows 95/98
The Windows 95/98 version of MySQL comes with two different MySQL servers:
• mysqld: Compiled with full debugging and automatic memory allocation with checking
• mysqld-opt: Optimized for a Pentium processor
Both will work on any current Intel X386 or later processors.
You can start the mysqld server from a Windows prompt by typing the following:
C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-opt
This starts the MySQL server in the background. If the server doesn’t start, check whether or
not the ‘\mysql\mysql.err’ file contains any errors indicating what could be wrong. You can
shut down the MySQL server by executing
C:\mysql\bin\mysqladmin -u root shutdown
Windows NT/Win2000
There are some minor differences depending on whether you run MySQL on NT or Windows
2000. In the NT/Win2000 setup, the name of the server is mysqld-nt, and it will normally be
installed as a service. You can install the server as a service like this:
C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt -install
Now you can start and stop the MySQL server as a service with
NET START mysql
NET STOP mysql
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Note
After the server is installed, it must be started using Services Control Manager (SCM) utility
(found in Control Panel) or by using the NET START MySQL command. The SCM is shown in
Figure A.4. If any options are desired, they must be specified as startup parameters in the
SCM utility before you start the MySQL service. When it is running, mysqld-nt can be
stopped using mysqladmin, or from the SCM utility, or by using the command NET STOP
MySQL
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