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[Cassandra Wiki] Update of "GettingStarted" by EricEvans

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  === Start Cassandra on a single node ===
  
-  1. edit `conf/storage-conf.xml` to your satisfaction.  By default it will run on localhost and use `/var/cassandra` for data and logs (so create that directory and chown it appropriately if you want to keep things there). If you use a different log and data directory you'll probably also want to edit the log4j log location in conf/log4j.properties.
+  1. edit `conf/storage-conf.xml` to your satisfaction.  By default it will run on localhost and use `/var/lib/cassandra` for data and logs (so create that directory and chown it appropriately if you want to keep things there). If you use a different log and data directory you'll probably also want to edit the log4j log location in conf/log4j.properties.
   1. `bin/cassandra` to start (`-f` to start in foreground.)
   1. verify that things are working using the CassandraCli command-line client