Mysql won't start - ibdata1 corrupt? - operating system error number 13 - permissions issue

Question

Server shutdown from power failure.
Mysql will not start now.
Disk is not full. Syslog is below

Oct 11 15:03:31 joe mysqld_safe[24757]: started
Oct 1         


        

Answer 1

If you are using ubuntu or apparmor you should permit this change in apparmor.

Edit /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld and change /var/lib/mysql with the new DATADIR.

It should work.