Topic: MySQL 5.5.9-1.el6.x86_64 init script does not start on custom data dir
As the subject implies, I cannot start the mysql daemon using the init script using a custom data directory /mnt/drbd/mysql/data. The magical thing about this issue is that I can start the daemon using the exact mysqld_safe command that the script executes. Also, the init script works fine on the default data dir. I can also stop the daemon, even with my custom datadir, using the init script.
Environment: RHEL 6 amd64 mysql 5.5.9-1 datadir=/mnt/drbd/mysql/data