> That's an interesting definition of "doing its job" :-(.
>
> How about you show us the exact output you're getting, not an
> interpretation?
>
> regards, tom lane
My apollagies
this is everything that initdb returns.
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog
creating template1 database /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1
DEBUG: starting up
DEBUG: database system was shutdown at 2001-01-18 22:05:16
DEBUG: Checkpoint record at (0, 8)
DEBUG: Redo record (0, 8); Undo record at (0, 8); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 514; NextOID: 16394
DEBUG: database is in production state
ERROR: Error: unknowen type 'ame'.
Creating global relations in /usr/local/pgsql/data/global
DEBUG: starting up
DEBUG: database system was intrupted at 2001-01-18 22:05:16
DEBUG: Checkpoint record at (0, 8)
DEBUG: Redo record (0, 8); Undo record at (0, 8); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 514; NextOID: 16394
DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
progress...
FATAL 2: cannot open pg_log: no such file or directory
initdb failed.
Removing /usr/local/pgsql/data.
Removing temp file /tmp/initdb.1011.
