Re: mysql & /var dir

2002-06-27 Thread Gerald Clark
shutdown the mysqld, move the data direectory, and set up a symbolic link. Rahadul Kabir wrote: >Hi, >I have MySQL3.23.47 running on a Cobalt RaQ4 System. The mysql >installed datadir turned out to be /var/lib/mysql. /var directory has >it's own partition (/dev/hda3) and total space available i

RE: mysql & /var dir

2002-06-27 Thread justin cunningham
You could look into parted to resize partitions or copy the db to the desired directory and restart the damon with safe_mysqld --data-dir=/where/u/moved/db/to. I believe you'll also need to copy over the mysql database to the new location as well or mysql will fail to start. first, note your per