Rebecca.R.Hepper@seagate.com writes:
> Hi All,
>
> I just installed RedHat 8.0 on a system. I receive a failure status when I
> try to start the postrgresql server by doing the following command as root:
>
> /etc/init.d/postgresql start
>
> It is failing because there is no PG_VERSION file at /var/lib/pgsql/data.
> In the data directory, there is only one file: pg_hba.conf.
>
> What can't I start the postgresql server? I was able to start the server
> this way in RedHat 7.1.
>
> Thanks!
> Rebecca
You probably need to run initdb first (as user postgres).
Jason
