On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Sairam Krishnamurthy <kmsram...@gmail.com>wrote:
> All, > > I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and Postgres 8.4, I have been trying to move > my data dir to another device for the past couple of days but ran into > a lot of problems. > > I did the following: > > 1. Copy the contents of /var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main to my folder. > 2. Changed the data_directory in postgresql.conf. > > When I start postgres using /etc/init.d script I get the following error, > > * Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server > * Error: could not exec /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl > /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D > /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -l > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log -s -o -c > config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" : > > > I tried changing the ownership of the > /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql dir to <myusername>, postgres and > root. Now of them worked and I keep getting the same error message. > > I found a lot of similar problems online but none had a solution. > > Can someone help me with this? > Do you have any useful information in the logs? /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-8.4-main.log --Scott > > TIA > > Thanks, > Sairam Krishnamurthy > +1 612 859 8161 > > -- > Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin >
