Re: Newbie [CentOS 5.2] service postgresql initdb - Mailing list pgsql-general

Martin Marques wrote:
> Daneel escribió:
>> Daneel wrote:
>>> While going through
>>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Detailed_installation_guides
>>> and typing
>>> service postgresql start
>>> as root I got
>>> "/var/lib/pgsql/data is missing. Use "service postgresql initdb" to
>>> initialize the cluster first."
>>>
>>> When I run
>>> service postgresql initdb
>>> I get
>>> "se:     [FAILED]".
>>> However, /var/lib/pqsql/data is created and user postgres owns it.
>>>
>>> But then I run
>>> service postgresql start
>>> and the very same error occurs..
>>>
>>> Daneel
>>
>> Shoud add that version is 8.3.1 and I've installed it using RPM
>> packages... Thanks in advance for any tip...
>
> Where did you get the rpm packages?
>

I downloaded them from rpmfind.net They were Fedora 9 i386 version.

I reinstalled CentOS yesterday and during installation I checked to
include PostgreSQL 8.1.11. Now it seems to work properly.

Daneel