"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Campbell, Lance wrote:
>> As I stated in my original email I know I can install the database in a
>> subdirectory of /abc/def/pgsql_data. I know that.
> You can not install into a mount point. That is your problem. That is
> what the lost+found is telling you, that it is a mount point. You *must*
> install into a directory on the mount point.
Right. If the mount directory isn't root-owned, it *should* be ---
your sysadmin erred by making it postgres-owned. The correct
configuration is root-owned mount point, root-owned lost+found under it,
also postgres-owned data directory under it.
regards, tom lane
