root@c-a7f871d5:/# killall mysqld
mysqld: no process killed
root@c-a7f871d5:/# umask 0775 /mnt/floppy/var/run/mysqld
root@c-a7f871d5:/# umask 0775 /mnt/floppy/tmp
root@c-a7f871d5:/# umask 0775 /mnt/floppy/var/lib/mysql 
root@c-a7f871d5:/# umask 0775 /mnt/floppy/var/lib/mysql/*
root@c-a7f871d5:/# /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant &
[1] 9822
root@c-a7f871d5:/# 061104 12:38:09 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission denied
061104 12:38:09 Do you already have another mysqld server running on socket: /mnt/floppy/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock ?
061104 12:38:09 Aborting

061104 12:38:09 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown Complete


[1]+  Exit 1                  /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant
root@c-a7f871d5:/# ps -aux | grep mysql
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
root      9837  0.0  0.0  1624  548 ?        S    12:38   0:00 grep mysql