Database MariaDB is not initialized, but the directory /var/lib/mysql is not empty
Issue
-
When attempting to start
mariadb
it fails with the following error:mariadb-prepare-db-dir[12044]: Database MariaDB is not initialized, but the directory /var/lib/mysql is not empty, so initialization cannot be done.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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