"\"Müller, Markus\"" <Markus.Mueller@itworks-gmbh.de> wrote:
 
> /usr/pkg/bin/safe_mysqld -O query_buffer_size=8M --datadir=/database/mysql &
> 
> The new HDD is automatically mounted at /database at boottime.

You might want to check if it's actually mounted _before_ the rc-script
is executed or afterwards.  In the latter case, mysqld should fail, even
though /database may be mounted (immediately) after the rc-script, so
that it seems that after a reboot it everything is in order.

-Jan

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