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Is there an error log in /export? Have you set the correct permissions? See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/starting-server.html "Jeff Drew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: iso-8859-1, 31 lines --] > > Can the the datadir be changed with a .rpm install on SuSE? > > Our SA gave us a large partition on /export. We installed the .rpm and were > running fine with the datadir set to the default /var/lib path. So I need to > move the datadir to /export. Since we're just moving to Production, we do not > need the data currently residing on /var/lib. Going forward, we need to > read/write to /export. > > I have not been able to get mysql running with the datadir set to /export. I > read in the documentation that the datadir is set at build time for some > distributions, but it also explains how to change the datadir in my.cnf, etc > so I'm confused. > > To move datadir to /export, I: > 1. Changed the datadir parameter to /export in the /etc/my.cnf file > 2. Reran mysql_database_install script. > 3. Verified that all the appropriate files and directories appear to have > installed under /export. > > However, the mysqld_safe script says it's: > - using /export for data > - using a .pid file in /export > - exits without starting mysql. > There are no other error messages. > > Can datadir be set to /export successfully? If yes, is there some other > configuration that needs to be changed? > > Thanks > > Jeff -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
