root@atlantis4:/var/log# mysql_install_db --verbose

Installing MariaDB/MySQL system tables in '/var/lib/mysql' ...

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.7

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Not using CPU crc32 instructions

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 256.0M

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: The first specified data file ./ibdata1 did not exist: a new database to be created!

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Setting file ./ibdata1 size to 12 MB

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Database physically writes the file full: wait...

140216 22:06:29 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile101 size to 48 MB

140216 22:06:30 [Note] InnoDB: Setting log file ./ib_logfile1 size to 48 MB

2014-02-16 22:06:30 7f4114944780  InnoDB: Operating system error number 22 in a file operation.

InnoDB: Error number 22 means 'Invalid argument'.

InnoDB: Some operating system error numbers are described at

InnoDB: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/operating-system-error-codes.html

140216 22:06:30 [ERROR] InnoDB: File ./ib_logfile101: 'aio write' returned OS error 122. Cannot continue operation

Installation of system tables failed!  Examine the logs in

/var/lib/mysql for more information.

The problem could be conflicting information in an external

my.cnf files. You can ignore these by doing:

    shell> /scripts/mysql_install_db --defaults-file=~/.my.cnf

You can also try to start the mysqld daemon with:

    shell> /usr/sbin/mysqld --skip-grant --general-log &

and use the command line tool /usr/bin/mysql

to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:

    shell> /usr/bin/mysql -u root mysql

    mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths.  Using

--general-log gives you a log in /var/lib/mysql that may be helpful.

The latest information about mysql_install_db is available at

https://mariadb.com/kb/en/installing-system-tables-mysql_install_db

MariaDB is hosted on launchpad; You can find the latest source and

email lists at http://launchpad.net/maria

Please check all of the above before mailing us!  And remember, if

you do mail us, you should use the /usr/scripts/mysqlbug script!