I assume for this you have already got a database setup with data in it. Install Slave Start up a new Fedora 15 instance in Rackspace Open SSH using Putty and do the following: yum install mysql mysql-server /etc/init.d/mysqld start /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation When asked for current password just press enter. Then set a root password (make it secure), remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely and remove the test database. Finally reload the privilege tables. To [...]

Sometimes when the slave gets out of sync with the Master, the best thing is to just start again with a fresh copy from the Master.