***BOGO*** 5.0.22 MySql Configuration

[Venu Madhav Padakanti <venu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   I have installed Enterprise Linux 5 version with the MySQL Version 
5.0.22.

   I would like to have my datadir as /data/mysql and have the 
following lines in /etc/my.cnf file

   [mysqld]
   datadir=/data/mysql
   socket=/data/mysql/mysql.sock

   [mysql.server]
   basedir=/data

   [mysqld_safe]
   log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log
   pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysql.pid


   *I have also* copied /var/lib/mysql to /data/mysql and have set the 
permissions.
 
   *Problem:* When I start the mysql daemon it returns with a timeout. 
Just replacing '/data/mysql' with the default '/var/lib/mysql' runs fine.

   Any issues on what is wrong or how to fix.

   Thanks in advance

..venu