On Friday 19 October 2001 11:38 am, John Fabiani wrote:
> I don't think you have to start from scratch. Fair warning "I'm a newbie".
> Since you don't care about the old data I'd just create a new location
> setup. "initdb -D /usr/pgsql/data" I believe this create a new setup for
> your data. Of course you will have to change the start up location in the
> start up scripts. If you are using 7.1 RH I think the start up script is
> in "/etc/rc.d/init.d"
What you describe is more work than starting from scratch, at least on an
RPM-based system. The RPM system handles getting everything created properly
and in the 'right' place for future ease-of-use and upgrading.
And Rich has replied that he now is Ok. Although the list delay means that
you posted this before he posted his success message... :-)
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Lamar Owen
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