5.0.22 MySql Configuration

[Venu Madhav Padakanti]

    I have installed Enterprise Linux 5 version with the MySQL Version 
5.0.22.

    I would like to have my datadir as /data/mysql and have the 
following lines in /etc/my.cnf file

    [mysqld]
    datadir=/data/mysql
    socket=/data/mysql/mysql.sock

    [mysql.server]
    basedir=/data

    [mysqld_safe]
    log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
    pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysql.pid


    *I have also* copied /var/lib/mysql to /data/mysql and have set the 
permissions.
  
    *Problem:* When I start the mysql daemon it returns with a timeout. 
Just replacing '/data/mysql' with the default '/var/lib/mysql' runs fine.

    Any issues on what is wrong or how to fix.

    Thanks in advance

..venu