Dave Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 5-Nov-08, at 12:21 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> nvalid argument"?? On the platforms I have handy, the only documented >> reason for open(2) to fail with EINVAL is illegal value of the flags >> argument, which should be impossible. What platform is this and what >> wal_sync_method are you using?
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) > wal_sync method is open_sync > Thing is the server is running off of a ramdisk for the move (very > temporarily) Huh, is it possible that Linux rejects O_SYNC for a file on ramdisk? I guess I could see an argument for doing that but it seems a tad anal-retentive. Try setting fsync = off and see what happens. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers