Installing MySQL on drives other than C:

[SkippyK]

I have installed MySQL on various PC's at home and in my office recently, and have noticed I always get problems if I try to install MySQL in a directory anywhere other than my C: - basically, I can't connect to the server.

What tells the system where MySQL is installed? I have amended the my.ini file to show the correct path, but can't get the changes to make any impact.

Any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[piti]

hi

i made my first (as i can remember) install of winbuild of mysql on my win machine this weekend
i put it on the "f" drive and everything worked like a charm - well i missed one *ix feature, but it worked
without any changes to the config file - except the datadir
there must be some other prob