ns0 mysql # tail -n 100 mysqld.err 071209 11:09:04 InnoDB error: Cannot find table test/domains from the internal data dictionary of InnoDB though the .frm file for the table exists. Maybe you have deleted and recreated InnoDB data files but have forgotten to delete the corresponding .frm files of InnoDB tables, or you have moved .frm files to another database? Look from section 15.1 of http://www.innodb.com/ibman.html how you can resolve the problem. 071209 11:09:04 /usr/sbin/mysqld: Can't open file: 'domains.InnoDB'. (errno: 1) ns0 mysql # mysql -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 12 to server version: 4.0.27 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> use pdns; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> describe domains; +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | name | varchar(255) | | UNI | | | | master | varchar(20) | YES | | NULL | | | last_check | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | type | varchar(6) | | | | | | notified_serial | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | account | varchar(40) | YES | | NULL | | +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)