== How to move a MySQL database to another partition == 1) Create the database in MySQL 2) Stop the MySQL database "/etc/init.d/mysql stop" 3) Move the folder to the new directory to the new partition (/your/new/location/. 4) Give MySQL ownership of the directory "chown -R mysql:mysql /your/new/location/MySQLdatabase" 5) Create a Symlink between the old directory and the new created dir. "ln -s /your/new/location/MySQLdatabase /var/lib/mysql/MySQLdatabase" 6) Edit the AppArmor file (Most often located at: /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld) Add the location of your database to the file. " /your/new/location/ rw," " /your/new/location/* rw," 7) Restart AppArmor "service apparmor restart" 8) Restart the MySQL database "/etc/init.d/mysql start" More information on: http://mysqlhacker.com/kabir/tablespace/distributing-your-mysql-database-across-disk-partitions.html http://www.ubuntu-howto.info/howto/how-to-move-mysql-databases-to-another-location-partition-or-hard-drive http://chrisjean.com/2010/05/21/mysql-error-1018-unable-to-follow-symlink-in-ubuntu/