On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:21, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday 15 March 2005 14:42, SOTL wrote: > > Hi All > > > > I have created a partition on one of my computer to store critical system > > data files called /mnt/System_Data. > > > > > > I am trying to configure MySQL so that it will use /mnt/System_Data as > > its default file storage. > > > > I looked for /etc/my.cnf; found I did not have one so I generated one. > > > > My /etc/my.cnf files contains exactly 1 line which is: > > datadir=/mnt/System_Data > > > > When I start MySQL I now receive the following error message: > > > > Found option without preceding group in config file /etc/my.cnf at line > > 1. Fatail error in default handling. > > Program aborted. > > > > Would appreciate help in ascertaining what should be added or how current > > should be modified. > > > > Frank > > It is failing because having created a /etc/my.cnf file it is expecting to > find other parameters defined in there in addition to datadir > (pid_file=, basedir=/, bindir=/usr/bin ) > > You could alternatively edit the datadir path in /etc/rc5.d/S90mysql which > is the script that starts mysql > > Alternatively if you create a symlink from /var/lib/mysql > to /mnt/System_Data/mysql then you would not need to change any > configuration and your data would go in the folder you desire. > > BTW: In Linux /var is the default directory to hold data so why do you need > to define a different one? > > derek
Well I changed the file to be [MYSQL] datadir=/mnt/System_Data and I got: Error unknown variable 'datadir=/mnt/System_Data' which I did not understand. So, I open another .cnf file and edited to be identical by changing name-X within the [name-X] to [MYSQL] and then editing a linewith datadir= /dir/dir/file-name to datadir=/mnt/System_Data The final product was: file = /etc/my.cnf with contents of [MYSQL] datadir=/mnt/System_Data Then I tested it and it worked. I would not bother people on this list with this but it is not the first time it has happened. That is I type a configuration file check it re check it and it refuse to function then copy and edit a file from some other location edit it to where it is exact and I do mean exact equal the the one I created from the keyboard and it function correctly. Does anyone have any explanation why creating a new file from keyboard refuses to work and editing and existing file and saving it works? Frank
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