To run servers at diferent ports you must use postgres binary.
postgres -D data1 -p 5432 -l logfile &
postgres -D data2 -p 5433 -l logfile &
I never used pg_ctl to run postgres and don't ask me why.
2009/3/28, Eric Smith <esmith@haas-software.com>:
> All,
>
> I'm trying to run two database clusters on a single machine, and am
> failing. I use initdb to create the two clusters... each has their
> own directory structure. I can start one server or the other with
> pg_ctl, but once the first starts, the second just hangs on "waiting
> for server to start...".
>
> The two servers are using different ports. I'm running v 8.3 on a
> Mac running 10.5.
>
> What's the secret step I'm missing here?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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