Trevor, Thanks for the tip...This is probably what I should have done in the first place. I can't now though, at least not at the moment, this is a Cobalt RAQ4 web server set up at a hosting service in Atlanta, GA.
I went ahead and used a symlink at the compiled data directotry pointing back to a "roomier" /home directory. Thanks, Dennis Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DWilliams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:59 AM Subject: RE: MySQL RPM Install Problem - Ignorance > Dennis if you want to see if the /var/lib/mysql directory is on it's own > partition or drive look at /etc/fstab and see which /dev it is mounted on. > If you wanted to you can mount a new drive at /var/lib/mysql and have you > data on it's own drive. If you have some sort of system failure you can just > mount the drive on a new installation using the /etc/fstab file. > > Some people mount there individual databases on standalone drives. Not > saying this the best way but it is one way if you can afford hardware. That > leaves you root drives for programs. > > Regards > Trevor > -----Original Message----- > From: DWilliams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 31 December 2001 2:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MySQL RPM Install Problem - Ignorance > > > Hi all, > > I have recently installed a MySQL server and client RPM 3.23.47 on a Linux > system. The system that I am setting up is a Cobalt RAQ4, first time for me > to install MySQL on Linux. > > The installed datadir turned out to be /var/lib/mysql. I get errors when > trying to move a very large MySQL data (800MB) directory from a previous > host system. It turns out that the /var directory has it's own partition, I > think. A 'df' command shows not enough room on the /var directory for the > MySQL data files. > > I am thinking I need to change the datadir variable to somewhere on the > /home directory, where I have > 15GB free. > > How can I achieve this? Or is this the right approach? I think I > understood that the server can be started up with a different --datadir > option, but I would like this to be more permanent in case of system > reboots. > > Thanks, > Dennis Williams > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
