Re: can't start postgresql

On Tuesday 14 November 2006 17:21, Enrico wrote:
> > Thanks, but this is not working -
> >
> > [postgres(at)db ~]$ /usr/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/pgsql/data
> > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> > "postgres". This user must also own the server process.
> >
> > The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> >
> > initdb: directory "/usr/pgsql/data" exists but is not empty
> > If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty
> > the directory "/usr/pgsql/data" or run initdb
> > with an argument other than "/usr/pgsql/data".
>
> of course if want to use /usr/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/pgsql/data
> directory /usr/pgsql/data must be empty and user postgres must be the
> owner, but I don't understand, what is your problem?

The problem is that the db was not empty (32g of data).

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Best Regards,
Igor Shevchenko