D:\path.to\mysql\bin>mysql -u root -p<mypass>
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1167 to server version: 5.0.27-community

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql>

now, on linux, how the BEEP do i get "mysql>" prompt ????



who:~# ps aux | grep mysql
root      2302  0.0  0.2   3656  1288 pts/0    S    13:43   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
mysql     2339  0.0  3.3 126844 17116 pts/0    Sl   13:43   0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid --skip-external-locking --port=3306 --socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
root      2340  0.0  0.1   2744   572 pts/0    S    13:43   0:00 logger -p daemon.err -t mysqld_safe -i -t mysqld
root      2553  0.0  0.1   2852   708 pts/0    R+   14:45   0:00 grep mysql
who:~#

DING ! installed up and running