various questions about my.ini /or my.cnf

As a newcomer to MySql, I have struggled through the install and am working my way through the tutorial. My environment: Win2000 MySql version 3.23.51-nt My.ini: [mysqld] # set basedir to installation path, e.g., c:/mysql basedir=c:/mysql # set datadir to location of data

various questions about my.ini /or my.cnf

As a newcomer to MySql, I have struggled through the install and am working my way through the tutorial. My environment: Win2000 MySql version 3.23.51-nt My.ini: [mysqld] # set basedir to installation path, e.g., c:/mysql basedir=c:/mysql # set datadir to location of data