manual.texi:

to be >= 10 MB.

InnoDB does not create directories:

you have to create them yourself.

Check that the MySQL server

has the rights to create files in the directories you specify.

When you the first time create an InnoDB database, it

is best that you start the MySQL server from the command

prompt. Then InnoDB will print the information about the

database creation to the screen, and you see what is

happening. See below in section 3 what the printout

should look like.

For example, in Windows you can start @file{mysqld-max.exe} with:

@example

your-path-to-mysqld>mysqld-max --standalone --console

@end example

Suppose you have a Linux computer with 512 MB RAM and

three 20 GB hard disks (at directory paths @file{/},