How to change value for innodb_buffer_pool_size in MySQL on Mac OS?

Question

I am trying to increase the size of the innodb_buffer_pool_size in MySQL 5.1 as I keep running into the following error indicating I have run out of space for the table lock

Answer 1

I had to put the statement under the [mysqld] block to make it work. Otherwise the change was not reflected. I have a REL distribution.