David Noel <david(dot)i(dot)noel(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> /zdb is a zfs volume I've created for cvs and postgres.
zfs eh? What happens if you point initdb at a non-zfs volume?
(I"m wondering if zfs has issues with the O_DIRECT flag that we'll
probably try to use with pg_xlog files.)
regards, tom lane