On 31 May 2010 18:59, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Seems like you must have a kernel/filesystem issue, but I don't know
> what either. CREATE DATABASE just copies the contents of template1
> using some absolutely straightforward code (look into src/port/copydir.c)
> so it's entirely filesystem-limited.
Thanks Tom. I've confirmed that it's not related to PostgreSQL, as
installing this version on another system has zero issues. I've posted
the issue to a Slackware specific forum:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-13-sluggish-system-possibly-filesystem-811442/