We assume the new disk is /dev/sdb1 formatted as ext3
and it will be mounted as /data
# 0. make sure there is no mysqlm mysql data directory : yum remove mysql mysql-server -y test -d /data/mysql/ && rm -rf /data/mysql/ test -d /var/lib/mysql/ && rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/ # 1. install Mysql yum install mysql mysql-server -y # 2. check the mysql status service mysqld status # 3. start the mysqld if not started service mysqld start # 4. check the mysql status again service mysqld status # 5. stop mysqld in case its started, and check thre is n mysql process: service mysqld stop ps axu | grep mysql # 6. make sure the /data partition is added to the /etc/fstab. If not add it: test `cat /etc/fstab | grep /data | wc -l ` -eq 0 && echo "/dev/sdb1 /data ext3 defaults 1 1" >> /etc/fstab # 7. make sure the /data partition is mounted, test `cat /proc/mounts | grep /data | grep -v grep | wc -l` -eq 0 && mount /data # 8. …[Read more]