Comment 32 for bug 430224

The same problem.
I need to run some service in chroot.
I've done:
mount -R /dev /mnt/dev
mount -R /proc /mnt/proc
mount -R /var/run /mnt/var/run
mkdir -m 777 /var/run/mysqld
chroot /mnt
Everything works fine, but still can't figure out how to run simple service!
Why /etc/init.d/mysql start doesn't work anymore?

Similar issues:
http://newyork.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1506533&page=2

Workaround is to run it manually:
mysqld --user mysql