Hi, On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 13:59 -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: > However, when I run initdb --locale=C -D /<path to db> I get the following: > [postgres@edidb9 bin]$ initdb --locale=C -D /postgresql/50001/ <snipped> > creating configuration files ... ok > creating template1 database in /postgresql/50001/base/1 ... child > process exited with exit code 1 > initdb: removing contents of data directory "/postgresql/50001" > [postgres@edidb9 bin]$ AFAIR, this is a result of lack of system resources, like semaphores, etc. Can you see any clues in /var/log/pgsql/pgstartup.log ? Regards, -- The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. 1.503.667.4564 PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support Managed Services, Shared and Dedicated Hosting Co-Authors: PL/php, plPerlNG - http://www.commandprompt.com/