Re: [GENERAL] Urgent - unable to get postgres up - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Patrick Welche
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Urgent - unable to get postgres up
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Msg-id E11tv0U-0001Dl-00@quartz.newn.cam.ac.uk
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In response to Urgent - unable to get postgres up  ("V Krishnaraj" <kimi@intercept.co.in>)
List pgsql-general
> The error message we get at the unix prompt when starting
> postmaster is:
>
> /usr/local/bin/postmaster does not know where to find the database system
> data.  You must specify the directory that contains the database system
> either by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA
> environment variable.
>
> No data directory -- can't proceed.

So, where is your data? Is it in the default /usr/local/pgsql/data ? If so,
try

/usr/local/bin/postmaster -D/usr/local/pgsql/data

Did something happen to that directory? eg., disk still there etc?

Cheers,

Patrick

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