Re: Starting postgres 8.0.3

Peter Billen <peter(at)clueless(dot)be> wrote:

> Peter Billen <peter(at)clueless(dot)be> wrote:
>
> > Joe <svn(at)freedomcircle(dot)net> wrote:
> > > Via the Control Panel. BTW, it doesn't *have* to be named 'postgres'.
>
> Alright! I tried that, and now it gives a new error. It says:
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0\bin>pg_ctl.exe start -D c:/postgresdata/
> postmaster starting
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0\bin>postmaster cannot access the server
> configuration file "c:/postgresdata/postgresql.conf": No such file or
> directory
>
> I'm browsing through the docs as we speak, but I thought I let you know.
> Thanks
> for your help so far.

Sorry for my quick message and 3 replies in a row. I forgot to do 'initdb'
before starting the database. Everything works flawless now.

Thanks Joe for the assistance.

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Peter