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Hi Peter!<BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> The Error log has been posted as</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> barry@Lenovo-M58 <<A HREF="mailto:barry@Lenovo-M58">mailto:barry@Lenovo-M58</A>>:~$ pastebinit</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> '/media/barry/ADATA UFD/MythBE1 - 15/error,log'</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> <A HREF="http://paste.ubuntu.com/19537423/">http://paste.ubuntu.com/19537423/</A></FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hopefully someone can figure out what happened. And thanks for your</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">> reply and whomever helps figure out the problem.</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">It looks like this may be the problem</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">2016-07-15T19:54:53.773209Z 0 [ERROR] unknown variable 'table_cache=128'</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">2016-07-15T19:54:53.773236Z 0 [ERROR] Aborting</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Edit the configuration file, normally here but could be somewhere else</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">If there is a line "table_cache=128" then comment it.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">Geoff suggested the same solution but I wasn't able to find the tables_cache=128 in his suggestion of my.sql (and I found four potential locations). </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">OK, I do have </FONT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c"><FONT SIZE="2">/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c"> -- drumroll, please! There is a table_cache = 64 but is is commented out. ...Well, may have a clue: </FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c"># This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c"># the first time they are touched</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">myisam-recover-options = BACKUP</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">#max_connections = 100</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">#table_cache = 64</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">#thread_concurrency = 10</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">#</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">So implies there's a startup script somewhere.</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#3c3c3c">We're soooo close! And thanks!</FONT><BR>
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