[Zope] init.d script and out of place instances

Hi, As far as I can see and tried, the zope2.8 script only deals with instances which are created in the default instance directory, /var/lib/zope2.8/instance/. I would prefer to keep a specific instance of zope in a different directory, together with other related directories, e.g. files from LocalFS. That is, I prefer to have all directories of the application, zope or not, under a common directory. Is there anything wrong with this approach?? I tried to symlink into the instance into /var/lib/zope2.8/instance but the start script fails. BTW, where are the messages logged? (I'm running Ubuntu) Is there any solution? Is this specific to the distribution? Regards, Fernando