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From: Mathieu CHATEAU <gollum123@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: Mysql vs /var partition...
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Hello,

in your /etc/rc.conf:

mysql_dbdir="/data/mysql"

cheers,
Mathieu CHATEAU

Thursday, May 26, 2005, 7:18:43 PM, you wrote:

MV> Hi All:

MV> My mysql database is growing, it has subsequently filled the /var/db
MV> partition to capacity.

MV> I tried moving the mysql dir and symlinking it to /var/db/mysql which
MV> didn't work.  I also tried mount_null from the /usr partition to the
MV> /var/db/mysql folder...in both instances, the mysql server will not start.

MV> Is there another way around this problem or do i need to somehow resize
MV> my /var partition?


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 Mathieu                            mailto:gollum123@free.fr