Running bootstrap Removing default user Allowing remote access for user root Setting root password Creating my.ini file Creation of the database was successful # Kill the server # restart: --datadir=MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/tmp/ddir --loose-innodb connect root,localhost,root,foo; SELECT @@datadir; @@datadir DATADIR/ # Kill the server 1 FOUND 1 /is not empty. Only new or empty existing directories are accepted for --datadir/ in install.log connection default; # restart