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
