The following question has been posted to the Knowledgebase: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/issues-with-ignore-db-dir/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Issues with ignore-db-dir Hello, I see that the ignore-db-dir option has been available since Maria 5.3.9 ( https://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-539-changelog/ ) , however I am finding that MariaDB 5.5.27 is not recognizing the option. When I put "ignore-db-dir=lost+found" in the mysqld section of the my.cnf file or when I attempt to start mysqld with "/etc/init.d/mysql start --ignore-db-dir=lost+found", both times mysql fails to start with the following message: 130111 17:08:57 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown variable 'ignore-db-dir=lost+found' 130111 17:08:57 [ERROR] Aborting Is there a patch that I was supposed to apply but haven't ? Or maybe I am misunderstanding how or where to specify the ignore-db-dir option. For reference, the full version as reported by mysqld is: $ mysqld --version mysqld Ver 5.5.27-MariaDB for Linux on x86_64 (MariaDB Server) Thanks, -Said - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Daniel Bartholomew Google+ - http://gplus.to/dbart Twitter - http://twitter.com/daniel_bart MariaDB: An Enhanced Drop-in Replacement for MySQL Website - http://mariadb.org Twitter - http://twitter.com/mariadb Google+ - http://google.com/+mariadb Facebook - http://fb.com/MariaDB.dbms Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com