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

I had the same problem. Did alot of research and found out this solution. You need to run this command on ibdata1 sudo shadowprotect -u root | root

I dont know what this does.. but it worked for me.

Good luck.