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Campbell, Lance wrote:
> OS: redhat linux
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> Version of PostgreSQL: 8.2.4
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> I had a group that now manages our server set up a directory/partition
> for us to put postgreSQL into. The directory is called pgsql_data. The
> directory is more than a regular directory. It contains a subdirectory
> called "lost+found". I would assume this is a logical partition. I
> tried installing postgreSQL directly into this directory but it failed
> since there is a file in this directory, "lost+found". Is there a way
> around this? Worst case scenario I will create a subdirectory called
> data and put the install in there. I would have preferred to put it
It is probably an ownership issue. If this is linux the mount is
probably owned by root. Create a sub directory in pgsql_data that is
owned by postgres called pgsql and install it in there.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
> directly into the pgsql_data. There would be no other files that would
> have gone into the directory/partition other than postgreSQL. Would it
> be possible for me to install postgreSQL into a sub directory of
> pgsql_data and then move the files up a directory into pgsql_data?
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> Thanks,
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> Lance Campbell
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> Project Manager/Software Architect
>
> Web Services at Public Affairs
>
> University of Illinois
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> 217.333.0382
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> http://webservices.uiuc.edu
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>
>
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