Mysql service won't start, InnoDB init function error

Question

So seemingly out of nowhere tonight, my wordpress site went down and I\'ve traced it to problems with mysql. Mysql won\'t start on the server because it keeps failing.

Answer 1

AFAIK System error: 2 = No such file or directory.

Check that the directory exist, that mysql has permission to write to it and that there enough space left on the disk.

Answer 2

Another consideration might be to ensure your tmpdir used for mysql has enough disk space and required permission.

In addition, for windows users: consider using front slash (/) as against back slash (\) for your tmpdir path