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+Installation notes for MySQL on Mac OS X
+
+PLEASE READ!
+
+For more details about installing and running
+MySQL on Mac OS X, also refer to the manual,
+which is available online:
+
+http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Mac_OS_X_installation.html
+
+NOTE: Before proceeding with the installation, please
+make sure that no other MySQL server is running!
+
+Please shut down all running MySQL instances before
+continuing by either using the MySQL Manager
+Application (on Mac OS X Server) or via "mysqladmin
+shutdown" on the command line.
+
+This MySQL package will be installed into
+"/usr/local/mysql-<version>" and will also create a
+symbolic link "/usr/local/mysql", pointing to the new
+location.
+
+A previously existing /usr/local/mysql directory will
+be renamed to /usr/local/mysql.bak before proceeding
+with the installation.
+
+Additionally, it will install the mysql grant tables by
+executing "mysql_install_db" after the installation.
+
+If you are running Mac OS X Server, you already have a
+version MySQL installed. Make sure to read Apple's help
+about installing MySQL (Run the "Help View" application,
+select "Mac OS X Server help", and do a search for MySQL
+and read the item entitled "Installing MySQL").
+
+If you previously used Marc Liyanage's MySQL packages
+for MacOS X from http://www.entropy.ch, you can simply
+follow the update instructions given on his pages.
+
+After the installation (and restoring the old database
+files, if necessary), you can start up MySQL by running
+the following commands in a terminal window:
+
+  cd /usr/local/mysql
+  sudo ./bin/mysqld_safe
+  (Enter your password)
+  (Press CTRL+Z)
+  (Press CTRL+D to exit the shell)
+  bg
+
+You should now be able to connect to the MySQL server,
+e.g. by running /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql
+
+If you installed MySQL for the first time,
+PLEASE REMEMBER TO SET A PASSWORD FOR THE MySQL root USER!
+This is done with the following two commands:
+
+/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'new-password'
+
+/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h $hostname password 'new-password'
+
+Please note, that after upgrading from MySQL 3.23 to
+MySQL 4.0 it is recommended to convert the MySQL
+privilege tables using the mysql_fix_privilege_tables
+script, since some new security privileges have been
+added.
+
+Please see
+http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Upgrading-from-3.23.html
+for more information on how to upgrade from MySQL 3.23.
+
+If you do not want to have to type the full path
+"/usr/local/mysql/bin" in front of every command, you
+can to add this directory to your PATH environment
+variable in your login script. For the default shell
+"tcsh", you can do this by running this command once:
+
+echo 'setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/local/mysql/bin' >> ~/.tcshrc
+