repair fails - don't know why

[Robert George]

I am having the following problem when trying to repair a table that has a completely missing MYI:

d1 labratMatt # mysql --version
mysql Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.24, for pc-linux-gnu (i386)
d1 labratMatt # mysql -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1661 to server version: 4.0.24

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> repair table labratMatt.SampleDataNumber use_frm;
+-----------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Table | Op | Msg_type | Msg_text |
+-----------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| labratMatt.SampleDataNumber | repair | error | Can't open file: 'SampleDataNumber.MYI'. (errno: 130) |
+-----------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>


of course the file cannot be opened, it is missing entirely, and according to the mysql manual, the use_frm should allow me to repair a table whose index is missing entirely. Can anyone help me solve this problem? Thanks!

Best,
Bob