[root@rhel5 ~]# find / -name mysql -print
/etc/logrotate.d/mysql
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql
/var/lib/mysql
/var/lib/mysql/mysql
/var/lock/subsys/mysql
/usr/lib/mysql
/usr/include/mysql
/usr/share/mysql
/usr/bin/mysql
而 data默认放在：/var/lib/mysql

mysql默认安装在了：/usr/share/mysql中
对于新手来说,因为是采用rpm包安装的mysql所以安装的位置不是很清楚的.