[root@mysql1 mysql]# mkdir /mydata/data -pv mkdir: created directory `/mydata' mkdir: created directory `/mydata/data' [root@mysql1 mysql]# chown -R mysql.mysql /mydata/data/ [root@mysql1 mysql]# chown -R mysql.mysql /usr/local/mysql/ scripts/mysql_install_db \ --user=mysql \ --basedir=/usr/local/mysql/ \ --datadir=/mydata/data/ |