Re^2: Read a mysql .MYD file without a working .MYI file?

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I looked at the docs, yes, and I've tried various repairs. There are numerous errors about bad links going outside the data file (these occur as the .MYD file is being regenerated). The killer errors come up during the rebuilding of the index:

| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 82
+43107105727870068 (outside data file) at 42211469888 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 82
+43107105727870068 (outside data file) at 42211469944 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 82
+43107105727870068 (outside data file) at 42211470004 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 44
+71241038974708841 (outside data file) at 42211470120 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 44
+71296179294533182 (outside data file) at 42211470284 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 83
+67816172579929378 (outside data file) at 42211470300 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 33
+42363012281692769 (outside data file) at 42211470900 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 44
+71433271728779990 (outside data file) at 42211470952 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 73
+7591309940387956 (outside data file) at 42211471032  |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 44
+71296179294533182 (outside data file) at 42211471756 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 10
[phone] (outside data file) at 42211471860      |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 78
+10403350942084128 (outside data file) at 42211471872 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 71
+64208255722136163 (outside data file) at 42211472196 |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | info     | Found link that points at 82
+43107105727870068 (outside data file) at 42211472360 |

| itrade_new.offers | repair | error    | sort_buffer_size is to small
+                                                     |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | error    | Can't copy datafile-header t
+o tempfile, error 9                                  |
| itrade_new.offers | repair | status   | Operation failed

That "sort_buffer_size" error comes up even when I set that value to 4G (the max value permitted). I haven't found much helpful information concerning "Can't copy datafile-header to tempfile, error 9".