Scott, I get this error. server starting krishnam@nipa-umh:/media/extension/var/lib$ postgres: invalid argument: "config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf" tried with both -o and -c arguments. Thanks, Sairam Krishnamurthy +1 612 859 8161 On 02/15/2011 04:27 PM, Scott Mead wrote: /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/pg_ctl start -D /media/extension/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main/ -o config_file="/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf |