DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1 ( c1 int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, c2 varchar(30) NOT NULL, c3 smallint(5) unsigned DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (c1) ) ENGINE = MYISAM PARTITION BY HASH(c1)( PARTITION p0 DATA DIRECTORY = 'C:/mysqltest/p0Data' INDEX DIRECTORY = 'D:/mysqltest/p0Index', PARTITION p1, PARTITION p2 DATA DIRECTORY = 'E:/mysqltest/p2Data' INDEX DIRECTORY = 'F:/mysqltest/p2Index' ); Warnings: Warning 0 DATA DIRECTORY option ignored Warning 0 INDEX DIRECTORY option ignored Warning 0 DATA DIRECTORY option ignored Warning 0 INDEX DIRECTORY option ignored INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "first", 1); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "second", 2); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "third", 3); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PARTITION (PARTITION p3 DATA DIRECTORY = 'G:/mysqltest/p3Data' INDEX DIRECTORY = 'H:/mysqltest/p3Index'); Warnings: Warning 0 DATA DIRECTORY option ignored Warning 0 INDEX DIRECTORY option ignored INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, "last", 4); DROP TABLE t1;