Starting MySQL on boot (10.1.5)?

[michaelsanford]

There's not much info at Entropy.ch and the only post I found (http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1899&highlight=mysql+and+boot) only describes what doesn't work.

Do I just make a symlink (don't know how to do that) from safe_mysqld to /library/startupitems?

Thanks!

 

[jwalk76]

to make a symlink:

ln -s /path/to/file/or/directory name_of_link

as for starting items at boot, i found this a while back:

http://softwaredev.earthweb.com/sdtech/article/0,,12065_985561,00.html

it is for tomcat, specifically, but i'm sure you can modify the tutorial for whatever service or daemon you plan to run. i have not tested it or even looked at it for that matter. please post results if you get it working.

 

[hsotncam]

You probably missed it, (or it maybe you found it doesn't work on 10.1.5), but it's there. There is a startup item given on his page. It works fine for me on 10.2, and i think i got it to work on 10.1.5 also, although i'm not sure.

 

[michaelsanford]

hsotncam, thanks a lot! I totally missed that! I installed it and it seems to have worked, but I don't plan on rebooting any time soon so I'll just assume it works

I guess it's because it's after the "For 10.2" bold text so I just ignored everything after it.

Thanks again!