--- Magnus Hagander <mha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Server Won't Start On a Copy of Its Own Data > Folder > > > > 1. Installed the latest 8.0.3 binary on a Windows > XP Pro > > system as a service to be started on bootup. > > 2. Used psql just to verify that I can connect. > > 3. Used Windows Control Panel.Administrative > Tools.Services > > to stop the server cleanly. > > 4. Made a copy of the PostgreSQL/8.0/data folder > > 5. Renamed the installed folder as > PostgreSQL/8.0/saved-data > > 6. Renamed the copy of data as PostrgeSQL/8.0/data > > 7. Used Windows Control Panel.Administrative > Tools.Services > > to start the server > > 8. The server fails to come up > > > > Windows comes back and tells me that the service > started and > > stopped. The Windows > > EventLog show that the postgres server was sent a > start > > control, entered the running state and > > then entered the stopped state. There was nothing > new in the > > pg_log folder to provide > > any clue. > > This is very weird - it should normally log > *something*. There is > nothing from postgresql in the eventlog? > > > > Based on what I've gleaned on reading some of the > past mail > > archives, I thought that this should > > work. Have I misunderstood something? > > It should,m as long as they are on the same version. > And it should > absolutely log an error. > > Can you try starting the database manually using > pg_ctl (not as a > service) and see if you get more errors then? > Remember to start it from > a runas:ed shell, so you run it as the same user. > > //Magnus > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map > settings > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
