"Tyler Mitchell" <TMitchell(at)lignum(dot)com> writes:
> We are trying to make a fully contained, CD-runable version of postgres.
> The only problem we are really having is the locking of the database files
> in the PGDATA folder. Since the PGDATA folder is on the CD (i.e.
> read-only) this will not work.
You can say that again.
> Or better yet could you give me some guidance on how to
> get around this.
Put PGDATA on a writable volume. RAM disk, maybe.
regards, tom lane