Hi, There's a mysqld startup option --datadir=/path/to/data which you can use to alter your data directory. Simply adjust your startup scripts to suite.
Regards, -Adam On 1/31/06, Scott Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to find out how to change the location of the data files. I have > not yet found a generic entry for the my.conf file to set a data and log > location. > > Can I move the exiting data directory form the mySQL tree and put a soft > link to a new location on another partition? > > thanks, > > Scott Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel.: (514) 917-4922 > Fax: (514) 673-0011 > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Adam Alkins http://www.rasadam.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
