| From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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| To: | Leandro Fanzone <leandro(at)hasar(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Data directory destroyed |
| Date: | 2001-01-23 14:56:45 |
| Message-ID: | 200101231456.f0NEunq26058@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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Leandro Fanzone wrote:
>Due to a problem with the filesystem, my "data" directory was thrashed.
>I had to remove it completely. Now the postmaster doesn't start. How do
>I recreate the data directory? I have the dumps for psql to create the
>databases, but I need postmaster running. What can I do?
Run initdb to create the database structure. The postmaster needs the
database to exist before it can start.
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