void test # /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting  ...
 * You don't appear to have the mysql database installed yet.
 * Please run /usr/bin/mysql_install_db to have this done...                                                                                           [ !! ]
 * ERROR:  mysql failed to start
void test # mysql_install_db
Installing MySQL system tables...
OK
Filling help tables...
OK
void test # /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting  ...
 * Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)
start-stop-daemon: open pidfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid: No such file or directory
 * MySQL NOT started (1)                                                                                                                               [ !! ]
 * ERROR:  mysql failed to start
void test # touch /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.
mysqld.pid   mysqld.sock
void test # touch /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
void test # /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting  ...
 * "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid" is still present and the process is running.
 * Please stop it "kill 7047" maybe ?                                                                                                                  [ !! ]
 * ERROR:  mysql failed to start
void test # /etc/init.d/mysql start
 * Starting  ...
 * Starting  (/etc/mysql/my.cnf)                                                                                                                       [ ok ]
void test #