On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Dirk Elmendorf wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Postgres 6.3.2. I've upgraded from 6.2.
> I'm running Red Hat Linux 4.2 (kernel 2.0.34) on X86
>
> I've applied all the patches in the patches directory and I have removed al
> l traces of previous installs. I've seached through all the mailing lists from the web sit
> e and could only locate reports of similar problems on Sparcs.
>
> But I still get the following error:
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as input to create the temp
> late database.
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to create the global classe
> s.
> initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based authentication con
> trol file.
>
> We are initializing the database system with username pgsql (uid=17).
> This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
>
> Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data
>
> Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base
>
> initdb: creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
> Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
>
> Creating global classes in /base
> Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
>
> Adding template1 database to pg_database...
> Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1 < /tmp/create.16258
> initdb: could not log template database
> initdb: cleaning up.
>
>
> initdb simply core dumps and then destroys the data directory entirely.
> I really need to get this working any help would be greatly appreciated.
what does your initdb command look like? how are you calling it?