Hello, A new question has been asked in "MariaDB Community" by skuns_35717. Please answer it at http://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-community-mysql_install_db/ as the person asking the question may not be subscribed to the mailing list. -------------------------------- I'm new to maria, coming from mysql, and I'm trying to run the mysql_install_db program to create the new databases. This is what i'm executing as root: /usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --basedir=/usr --force I've tried it with and without the force option. I always get the same error: ERROR: 1005 Can't create table `mysql`.`innodb_table_stats` (errno: 165 "Table is read only") 160114 11:35:10 [ERROR] Aborting Any help will be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------- To view or answer this question please visit: http://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-community-mysql_install_db/