MySQL failing to start with message “Can’t find file: ‘./mysql/plugin.frm’ (errno: 23)”

Recently I had a problem, where MySQL service was failing to start. When tailing the MySQL log the following would be recorded while service was being started. 131224 06:04:53 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /var/lib/mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld: Can't find … Continue reading →