[Devil-Linux-discuss] Default mysql data dir

[Gert v. d. B. <ge...@gm...>]

The default MySQL data dir in 1.2.8 is /var/mysql/ (defind in 
/etc/sysconfig/config) which afaik always resides on the ramdrive (I do 
not remeber seeing a option to create a partition for that path)

It is possible to change it through "setup".

Wouldn't it be a good idea to change it to something which can reside on 
a partition (like /var/data/mysql), since a database on a ramdrive 
doesn't really make sense.

Line to edit:
MYSQL_PARM="--user=mysql --pid-file=/var/run/mysql.pid --datadir=/var/mysql"

Gert