Hi Edward, No problems in general with the installation. Everything has been working fine, I need to move the database files as I am running out of space on the /var partition.
Kind Regards, Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martyn Wendon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 4:53 PM Subject: Re: Symbolic Links to Data > Martyn Wendon wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm having some trouble in re-locating my MySQL databases to a different > > directory. My scenario is: > > > > Platform: Red Hat Linux 6.2 > > MySQL: 3.23.43 > > > > MySQL data currently stored in /var/lib/mysql > > The database name is "music" (so files are therefore in > > /var/lib/mysql/music) > > > > I wish to move the database "music" to /home/martyn/mysql. > > > > I create the above directory, then go into /var/lib/mysql and do "mv music > > /home/martyn/mysql" which moves the "music" database where I want it. I > > then do "ln -s /home/martyn/mysql/music music" which creates a sym link to > > the new location. > > > > This all seems to work fine (i.e. as a sym link should) but when I run the > > mysql client and type "show databases;" the "music" database is no longer > > shown. Is there anything additional to the above that I need to do to get > > this to work? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Martyn > > Hello, > > No any problem with the installation ( rpm package ) of MySQL ? > > Edward. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
