Re: Postgres Instability

"planx plnetx" <planetx2100(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> FATAL 1: cannot create init file
> mydatabasedirectory//base/mydb/pg_internal.init

If you're getting that, there is something *seriously* broken ---
the only way that can come out is if Postgres is unable to create
that file when it wants to. I wonder if you are running the postmaster
as the wrong user (eg, one without write permission on the database
directories)? Another possibility is that you're running with an
incorrect database path (postmaster -D switch or PGDATA environment
setting). If that's an accurate transcription of the error message
then it looks like your path may be messed up...

regards, tom lane