Use MySQL for the first time under Fedora 13

Run yum to check whether mysql has been installed on Fedora 13 and you do not want to uninstall it and reinstall it.

Typing mysql directly does not respond. For details, refer to here.

I don't know how to deal with it. Now let's look back.
Step 1: #/etc/init. d/mysqld start
==> There will be a bunch of things. Follow the prompts to set a root password.
Step 2: # service mysqld start
Step 3: mysql-u root-p
After entering the password, you will see the dream
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Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with; or \ g.
Your MySQL connection id is 32
Server version: 5.1.48 Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000,201 0, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
This software comes with absolutely no warranty. This is free software,
And you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL v2 license

Type 'help; 'or' \ H' for help. type' \ C' to clear the current input statement.
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When using mysql later,
Repeat steps 2 and 3. MS can be used to automatically start mysql when the system is started.

P.S. I really don't want to understand why so many posts on the internet share the same blood. I wrote a bunch of tips on how to start mysql. The results are still unavailable.