How do I move database directories

Hi, I have installed mysql on SuSE Linux from an rpm. It works but I want to move the data directory to a larger disk on my machine. How do I do it?? If I create a symbolic link to the /var/lib/mysql directory, the mysql.sock (don't really understand what this file does) file vanishes and I

Re: How do I move database directories

I use ./safe_mysqld --datadir=/.../... to put the data onto another disk. Manfred Howard Miller schrieb: Hi, I have installed mysql on SuSE Linux from an rpm. It works but I want to move the data directory to a larger disk on my machine. How do I do it?? If I create a symbolic link to