Re: Re: [GENERAL] I screwed it up, my installation :(

Thanks John,

I tried your suggestion but it made no difference, and
whilst I wiped the egg off my face I reinstalled from the
6.5 CD after uninstalling 7.0 as root. So its all happy now.

I guess with my current configuration it ain't gonna work
under RedHat 6.1, but I am going to wait till a proven
version of RedHat 7.x comes out before I upgrade.

Cheers
Alan

On Fri, 18 Aug 2000, John Clark L. Naldoza wrote regarding
"[ADMIN] Re: [GENERAL] I screwed it up, my installation
:(": > Hello Alan, >
>
> From /usr/doc/postgresql-7.0.2/README.rpm it says...;-)
>
> NOTE: The 7.0 RPMs are only being built under RedHat 6.2! They
> may or may not work under RedHat 6.0 or 6.1.
>
> But like you, I have come across the exact same thing...;-) _IF_ you
> don't have any real data and are willing to start from scratch... try
> deleting all files and directories under
>
> /var/lib/pgsql
>
> and re-run your postgresql start-up script.... Postgresql should create
> an empty database for your perusal...;-)
>
> If you have some important data... Well then, I
strongly recommend that > you back-up your data from the
>
> /var/lib/pgsql
>
> directory before proceeding to delete all file and directories under
> it...;-)
>
> Hope that helps...;-)
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> John Clark
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