On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM, kashani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > > I don't understand why use a chroot to simply run another instance of > > MySQL. Is there any good reason? > > All you gotta do is create a new configuration file that points to a > > different database location and uses a different port, and clone and > > edit another /etc/init.d/mysql script to point to the new config file. > > > > A chroot would be just a waste of space, since you can use the same > > binary for multiple instances. > > > > About the only reason to run multiple instances is testing different > versions hence the chroot. >
The OP asked about different instances, not versions. Isn't MySQL slotted, so you can run different major versions (4 and 5, for example) at the same time? -- Daniel da Veiga -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
