Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > PANIC: could not open file > "/var/lib/postgresql/8.0/main/pg_xlog/00000001.history": Permission > denied Read the error message! You have a permissions problem --- most likely, some directory in the path to the new xlog directory isn't readable by postgres. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend