Hi JJ
When I start my postmaster without specifying the -D option I get the
same error. Here's how I start mine (as user "postgres"):
postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -i -d 2 -o "-d 2" >>
/path/to/log/file.log 2>&1 &
That's all on one line, of course. The -D option specifies the location
of the data directory your postmaster is complaining about.
Hope that helps,
Eric.
J. J. Franzen wrote:
> I had PGSQL up and running fine on RH6.2 (whatever version comes with
> RH6.2). For some fool reason, I thought I'd upgrade to 7.1. While
> reconfiguring my system after having almost all of my settings
> mysteriously vanish, I finally get to starting up postmaster and get
> this error:
>
> /usr/bin/postmaster does not find the database system. Expected to find
> it in the PGDATA directory "/var/lib/pgsql/data", but unable to open
> file with pathname "/var/lib/pgsql/data/base/template1/pg_class".
>
> No data directory -- can't proceed.
>
> Ack. The /var/lib/pgsql/data/base does exist but there is no template1
> dir... Does this mean that DBs made with 6.whatever are incompatible
> with 7.whatever? And if so, is there a way to recover/upgrade/save the
> db I already have? Thanks in advance for any advice. Later,
>
> J. J. Franzen
>
>
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