From: Johan De Meersman Date: May 20 2011 1:45pm Subject: Re: Changing the default database location List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/225062 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Reindl Harald" > > first: please post log-outputs instead of "don't work" > > i guess: you changed only the path in my.cnf > have you oved th existing datadir to the new location? > if not the server will not start because it is missing > the database "mysql" with permissions, users... and will > say this in the error-log That's pretty much the most likely explanation, yes. On another note, be aware that putting the data files on a network drive is generally considered a bad idea, as because a) performance is going to suffer, and b) if the network borks the daemon is going to get a bit confused (read: you will lose data). -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel