Re: Installing Postgres

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Campbell, Lance wrote:
> Command I use to initialize the database with:
>
> /usr/bin/initdb -D /abc/def/pgsql_data
>
> Response:
>
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "my_user".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>
> initdb: directory "/abc/def/pgsql_data" exists but is not empty
> If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty
> the directory "/abc/def/pgsql_data" or run initdb
> with an argument other than "/abc/def/pgsql_data".
>
>
>
> As I stated in my original email there is a subdirectory in:
> "/abc/def/pgsql_data" called "lost+found".

My solution still applies:

mkdir pgsql_data/pgsql
chown -R postgres.postgres pgsql_data/pgsql
initdb -D pgsql_data/pgsql/data

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks,
>
> Lance Campbell
> Project Manager/Software Architect
> Web Services at Public Affairs
> University of Illinois
> 217.333.0382
> http://webservices.uiuc.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:59 AM
> To: Campbell, Lance
> Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres
>
> Campbell, Lance wrote:
>> This is not an ownership issue. It does try to install PostgreSQL.
> It
>> complains because there is a file or directory in the directory where
> I
>> am installing PostgreSQL to. The same thing will happen if I create a
>> directory called XYZ and place a file or directory inside of XYZ and
>> then try to install the database.
>
> *sigh*
>
> How about an actual error message and the *exact* command you are
> typing.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>> Thanks,
>
>> Lance Campbell
>> Project Manager/Software Architect
>> Web Services at Public Affairs
>> University of Illinois
>> 217.333.0382
>> http://webservices.uiuc.edu
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 11:48 AM
>> To: Campbell, Lance
>> Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Installing Postgres
>
>> Campbell, Lance wrote:
>>> OS: redhat linux
>>> Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4
>
>
>>> I had a group that now manages our server set up a
> directory/partition
>>> for us to put postgreSQL into. The directory is called pgsql_data.
>> The
>>> directory is more than a regular directory. It contains a
>> subdirectory
>>> called "lost+found". I would assume this is a logical partition. I
>>> tried installing postgreSQL directly into this directory but it
> failed
>>> since there is a file in this directory, "lost+found". Is there a
> way
>>> around this? Worst case scenario I will create a subdirectory called
>>> data and put the install in there. I would have preferred to put it
>> It is probably an ownership issue. If this is linux the mount is
>> probably owned by root. Create a sub directory in pgsql_data that is
>> owned by postgres called pgsql and install it in there.
>
>> Sincerely,
>
>> Joshua D. Drake
>
>>> directly into the pgsql_data. There would be no other files that
>> would
>>> have gone into the directory/partition other than postgreSQL. Would
>> it
>>> be possible for me to install postgreSQL into a sub directory of
>>> pgsql_data and then move the files up a directory into pgsql_data?
>
>
>
>
>>> Thanks,
>
>
>>> Lance Campbell
>>> Project Manager/Software Architect
>>> Web Services at Public Affairs
>>> University of Illinois
>>> 217.333.0382
>>> http://webservices.uiuc.edu
>
>
>
>
>
>

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