From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 09:51:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0F616A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:51:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fed1rmmtao07.cox.net (fed1rmmtao07.cox.net [68.230.241.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B07D343D39 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 09:51:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glightsey1@cox.net) Received: from geraldligh ([68.7.148.88]) by fed1rmmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050302095058.DQQU13104.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@geraldligh>; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 04:50:58 -0500 From: "Gerald Lightsey" To: "'Alex Shaw'" Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:50:51 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <20050228180610.4dd6d6b9@zaphod.icarix.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcUdwFI0mNxpq2JZR42B60G+DMbyzABS/spA Message-Id: <20050302095058.DQQU13104.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@geraldligh> cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: RE: What am I doing wrong with MOUNT? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:51:04 -0000 Alex Shaw said... > just a thought, if you need more room for you mysql db's why not mount the new drive as /db for example and just change > the datadir variable in your my.cnf so your not using the /var drive for databases .... ?? I had concluded that a small /var would give me problems in the future in areas beyond MySQL so I thought to just open up the entire area. Nathan Kinkade gave me the direction I needed over in questions. Gerald