Hi, ~ I would like to separate all PG binaries from the created data for tables, indexes (which could be written and updated to) and also from the log files created by PG. Idealy I would like to be able to reset those directories at run-time through environment variables and even run PG from a CD-ROM ~ So I will need to include those a-la {$DATA_DIR} in conf files and previously set them in an initial script ~ I know I will have to install PG from source, but I guess there is a lot more I don't know about the installation procedures found in the /postgresql-8.2.5/INSTALL notes, my ./configure stat should be like this: ~
PG_INSTALL_DIR=<> RM_DIR=<> ./configure --prefix=$PG_INSTALL_DIR --without-readline --without-docdir --mandir=$RM_DIR rm $RM_DIR ~ I am planning to use the read-only mount feature and the append-only attributes of the ext3 file system under Linux ~ Which other conf files will I have to tinker with? ~ Are there any best practices using these ideas for the installation of PG? ~ Thanks lbrtchx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster