Re: Newbie [CentOS 5.2] service postgresql initdb

Daneel escribió:
> 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..

As root:

# mv /var/lib/pqsql/data /var/lib/pqsql/data.old
# service postgresql initdb
# service postgresql start

See what /var/lib/pqsql/data.old contains. Maybe an old DB Cluster?