On 11/9/06, Tom Allison <tallison(at)tacocat(dot)net> wrote:
> I would like to move the existing database to a new partion on a seperate
> physical disk.
>
> How can I move the files/directories?
>
> Can I simply use rsync -av and remount the new partition over the old directory
> space?
If the postmaster is down during the rsync, certainly. And later on (after
you verified it's all well) umount it again and wipe the old stuff - no need
to waste space hidden under a mount-point :}
Cheers,
Andrej