Sharing MySQL Tables between Linux and WinDoze

[Anon]

Hey all,

I recently setup a dual-boot on my home box using Win98 (the OS originally installed) and Storm Linux (Debian/GNU, Kernel 2.2.16). I need to keep WinDoze since Linux doesn't support my TvTuner yet🙁 I know I can share the same web root since my WinDoze partitions are mounted but don't know how to install MySQL on Linux so that it will use the existing tables that the WinDoze installation uses. Anyone know if this is even posssible, and if so, how? Thanx!!

Cheers,

Geoff

[Anon]

sounds like you are ready to go already..

just change the /etc/rc.d/init.d to use the --datadir=/windows_mountpoint/mysql_tables/

or move the mysql tables to your windows mountpoint and make a symlink from where the tablea were under linux to that windows partition.