Boot Up Freezing on MySQL Startup

I recently installed MySQL and added the line below to my /etc/rc.d/rc.local
file so that it starts on each reboot.

/usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld

Each time I attempt to reboot my system the boot up sequence freezes when it
hits that line. Since my machine wont even boot I am not certain on how to
go about fixing the problem. Could someone please help me out with
resolving the problem and let me know how to go about fixing this? I would
appreciate it very much.

Joel Leibow
Internet Systems Developer
Pro-Web Solutions