[GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Rob Goethals / SNP
OK, it is clear to me that I didn't make the best choices setting up this database. :( I am happy I found this list because I am learning a lot in a very short period of time. :) Thank you all for your tips and comments. I will definitely move the database to a Linux-system and set fsync to on.

[GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Albe Laurenz
Rob Goethals wrote: > OK, clear. I hereby send this reply also to the list. Cool. >> Interesting. >> How did you get PostgreSQL into this state? Did you set fsync=off or >> similar? >> Which storage did you put pg_xlog on? > 2014-02-15 00:49:04 CET LOG: WAL writer process (PID 1127) was term

Re: [GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Tom Lane
Rob Goethals / SNP writes: > When it is trying to startup again this is the logfile output: > ... > 2014-02-15 00:50:05 CET PANIC: could not create file > "pg_xlog/xlogtemp.5390": Input/output error The above PANIC is the reason for the abort that happens immediately thereafter. On local stor

Re: [GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 17 February 2014 14:42, Rob Goethals / SNP wrote: > 2014-02-15 00:49:04 CET LOG: WAL writer process (PID 1127) was terminated > by signal 6: Aborted Signal 6 is usually caused by hardware issues. Then again, you also say: >I mounted a directory on a NTFS network-disk (because of the avail

[GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Rob Goethals / SNP
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: Albe Laurenz [mailto:laurenz.a...@wien.gv.at] > Verzonden: maandag 17 februari 2014 14:22 > Aan: Rob Goethals > Onderwerp: RE: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or > directory, but file does exist > > Dear Rob, > > you should send

[GENERAL] Re: could not create lock file postmaster.pid: No such file or directory, but file does exist

2014-02-17 Thread Albe Laurenz
Rob Goethals wrote: > This is my first post to this list, so I hope I am posting it to the correct > lists. But I am really > stuck and getting pretty desperate at the moment. You should not post to more than one list. > This weekend my database crashed while importing some Openstreetmapdata and