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    Default Changing MySQL Data Directory

    Can someone please help me do this? I have made a hotcopy to /home/mysql_data and edited the datadir setting, but this does not work. Any other ideas? (complete novice here)

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    Edit my.cnf

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    datadir = /home/mysql_data

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blue|Fusion
    Edit my.cnf

    Code:
    datadir = /home/mysql_data
    I already posted that I did that.

    I figured it out.. I had made a symlink.

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