Hi, I am trying to move the pg_xlog directory to another disk by using a symbolic link. But I keep getting the following error message: Panoramix:/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.0 start Starting PostgreSQL 8.0 database server: main(FAILED) The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: LOG: could not load root certificate file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/root.crt": No SSL error reported DETAIL: Will not verify client certificates. LOG: database system was shut down at 2005-11-08 08:01:12 CET PANIC: could not open file "/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/pg_xlog/00000001.history": Permission denied LOG: startup process (PID 14242) was terminated by signal 6 LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure I followed this procedure: As root: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.0 stop As postgres cd /var/lib/postgres/8.0/main mv pg_xlog/ pg_xlog_orig mkdir /opt/postgres/logs/wal ln -s /opt/postgres/logs/wal pg_xlog cp -r pg_xlog_orig/ pg_xlog As root: /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.0 start What did I do wrong, and even more important, what should I do? TIA -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 e-mail: J.Kraaijeveld@xxxxxxxxxx web: www.askesis.nl ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly