* Paul DuBoisYou can relocate the data directory at server startup time with a --datadir option.
But when looking for my.cnf files, the server will continue to look in the hardwired directory, if it exists. That's what that sentence means.
(The server still looks in /etc/my.cnf; that doesn't change even if you use --datadir.)
However, can't you start the mysqld daemon with '--basedir=/mysuperdrive' and mount the separate disk drive on /mysuperdrive. Then all /var, /etc, /tmp files will be resolved relative to /mysuperdrive?
Yes, but that does not affect where the server looks for option files. In other words, what you say is true, but it is unrelated to what I said above. :-)
(Haven't tried though.)
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