Hello Thanks for the infos. I still have no idea what could have happened with your tables, though. Can you mail me your /etc/mysql/my.cnf and the files /var/lib/mysql/host.* ?
Maybe you use some very strange config options like accidantly setting the maximum memory to 0 bytes which makes it impossible for mysql to open any table at all or you have "skip-myisam" in it... What I figured out at least is that the "host" table is the very first table that mysql tries to access at all so it could indeed be a problem that you would get for any other table, too. bye, -christian- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]