I found the solution to my own problem...
the log-bin option is a specific filename. so when you set:
log-bin=/logging
mysql must have ownership of the / folder, as it is trying to create /logging.001 and
/logging.index
easily fixed by adding the file-name to the path...
log-bin=/logging/h
I'm trying to move my binary log files onto a different drive than our main data drive
to get a little performance boost.
the drives are set up like so:
drive 1 (sda):
swap
/boot
/usr
drive 2 (sdb):
/
mysql is installed in /usr/local/mysql and its data directory is /usr/local/mysql/var
I wan
