[Cialug] Ubuntu 14 upstart

[Scott Yates]

Maybe something like this?

./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=install-dir/mysql/mysql.ini --user=user

Fixing up the path names and such of course

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 1:38 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:

> For the Ubuntu fans, .. trying to pull data off a borked droplet (Ubuntu
> 14). I can boot into the recovery console and chroot over to the root
> filesystem, .. so f I could run the MySQL server I could dump the data I
> need, but trying to start mysql throws an error:
>
> initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart
>
> Is there a way to start mysqld independently? If not, is it possible to
> start  "Upstart"? Just need to get the daemon running to do a mysqldump.
>
>         TIA!
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