Will I be able to install an old version when using Mysql 5.6 as database server?

Question

Drupal 5 will go through all the install process with Mysql 5.6? Can even Drupal 5 work with Mysql 5.6?

I tried but tables were not created:

mysql> SHOW TABLES;
+-------------------+
| Tables_in_drupal5 |
+-------------------+
| cache_filter      |
| cache_menu        |
| cache_page        |
+-------------------+
3 rows in set (0,00 sec)

And apache logs throw a bunch of PHP warnings about Tables not existing:

    d May 11 13:37:45.197241 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.198008 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.198664 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.199119 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.199934 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.201507 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.202236 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.202980 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.203677 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
[Wed May 11 13:37:45.204913 2016] [:error] [pid 25342] [client 192.168.255.26:52348] PHP Warning:  Table 'drupal5.watchdog' doesn't exist\nquery: INSERT INTO watchdog (uid, type, message, seve$
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And if a reload the page it says that Drupal is already installed and if a try to run update.php get a few more warnings

Update

If i enter install.php i get this:

: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
: Function ereg() is deprecated in /var/www/drupal5/includes/file.inc on line 646.
warning: syntax error, unexpected BOOL_TRUE in modules/comment/comment.info on line 3 in /var/www/drupal5/includes/module.inc on line 195.
warning: syntax error, unexpected BOOL_TRUE in modules/drupal/drupal.info on line 3 in /var/www/drupal5/includes/module.inc on line 195.
warning: syntax error, unexpected BOOL_TRUE in modules/node/node.info on line 3 in /var/www/drupal5/includes/module.inc on line 195.
warning: syntax error, unexpected BOOL_TRUE in modules/poll/poll.info on line 3 in /var/www/drupal5/includes/module.inc on line 195.

But after that it looks fine...

Tables were created

    mysql> SHOW TABLES;
+-------------------------+
| Tables_in_drupal5       |
+-------------------------+
| access                  |
| authmap                 |
| blocks                  |
| blocks_roles            |
| boxes                   |
| cache                   |
| cache_filter            |
| cache_menu              |
| cache_page              |
| comments                |
| file_revisions          |
| files                   |
| filter_formats          |
| filters                 |
| flood                   |
| history                 |
| menu                    |
| node                    |
| node_access             |
| node_comment_statistics |
| node_counter            |
| node_revisions          |
| node_type               |
| permission              |
| role                    |
| sequences               |
| sessions                |
| system                  |
| term_data               |
| term_hierarchy          |
| term_node               |
| term_relation           |
| term_synonym            |
| url_alias               |
| users                   |
| users_roles             |
| variable                |
| vocabulary              |
| vocabulary_node_types   |
| watchdog                |
+-------------------------+
40 rows in set (0,00 sec)

and i can enter my local site

Answer 1

As reported in Database server [requirements], Drupal 5 supports MySQL 3.23.17 or higher, even if it is recommended to use MySQL 4.1. The first Drupal version to explicitly support MySQL 5 is Drupal 7, two major versions later. I doubt Drupal 5 has been updated to fully support MySQL 5, so there could be problems when using the two together, such as the one outlined in Error 1364 upon importing database.mysql with MySQL 5.0+.

More importantly, you could get more issues causes from using Drupal 5 with PHP 5 or higher versions, such us coding using deprecated functions, removed functions, or functions for which the parameters or the result changed. In fact, PHP [requirements] expressly states that Drupal 5 doesn't support PHP 5.3.

Drupal 5 requires PHP 4.4.0 or higher. PHP 5.2 is recommended. Drupal 5.x does not support PHP 5.3.

This is about Drupal 5 core; for any third-party modules, there can be more issues. For example, some modules could not even fully support PHP 5.2, even if Drupal core recommends it.