Hi all I have some trouble with the LaunchDaemons of Apache2 and Mysql5. I did install Apache2, PHP5 and Mysql5 using macports (newest version) on a PPC-MacMini: sudo port sync sudo port install apache2 sudo port install mysql5 +server sudo port install php5 +apache2 +mysql5 +pear then I did: sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2.plist sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5.plist After that both mysql5 and apache2 started on boot or reboot. So the macports standard installation works fine. In a further step I copied (using rsync) the directories /opt/local/apache2/htdocs and /opt/local/var/db/mysql5 to another partition of my harddrive. And of course modified the config files properly. After theses steps both LaunchDaemons dosen't work anymore. But I can start both applications on the command line (mysqld_safe, apachectl) using the non standard configuration. Further I tried to start mysql using the wrapper script: sudo /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/mysql5.wrapper start an got the message Starting MySQL ERROR! Couldn't find MySQL manager or server. (Is there a mysql error_log file? I couln't find any!) In case of apache2 I can start an stop apache2 using the wrapper script on the command line: sudo /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper start sudo /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/apache2.wrapper stop but it does not work on boot time (the apache2 error_log shows a sigterm shutting down entry) When I go back to the macports standard installation everthing works fine. Any help an tips will be appreciated!! Kind regards, Roland