On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> David Noel <david.i.n...@gmail.com> writes: > > I've tried initdb directly: > > initdb -D /zdb/pgsql/data > > ...and still seem to wind up with the error: > > creating template1 database in /zdb/pgsql/data/base/1 ... FATAL: > > could not open file "pg_xlog/000000010000000000000001" (log file 0, > > segment 1): No such file or directory > > Hm, that eliminates my first theory that the rc.d script is using > initdb's --xlogdir switch to try to put pg_xlog someplace that doesn't > exist on your system. But it seems like this must be some variant of > that. A simple permissions problem is not very credible, because at > this point initdb has successfully made the data directory and a bunch > of files within it already. > > You could get more information by using the --noclean switch to prevent > removal of the datadir after failure, and then having a look at the > debris. Is there a pg_xlog subdirectory inside /zdb/pgsql/data, and if > so what permissions has it got? Perhaps it is not a directory, but a > symlink to somewhere else? > > regards, tom lane > > Tom rc.d script doesn't seem to be using --xlogdir anywhere. I have uploaded the script here: http://pastebin.com/ahAyZ2tP . Amitabh
