diff -urh mysql-5.1.14-beta/sql/mysqld.cc mysql-5.1.14-beta.fixed/sql/mysqld.cc
--- mysql-5.1.14-beta/sql/mysqld.cc	2006-12-06 09:05:19.000000000 -0800
+++ mysql-5.1.14-beta.fixed/sql/mysqld.cc	2006-12-19 15:21:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -3667,6 +3667,8 @@
 
   if (opt_bootstrap)
   {
+    global_system_variables.tx_isolation= ISO_REPEATABLE_READ;
+    global_system_variables.sql_mode= fix_sql_mode(0);
     select_thread_in_use= 0;                    // Allow 'kill' to work
     bootstrap(stdin);
     end_thr_alarm(1);				// Don't allow alarms