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Re: Cannot Start Postgres After System Boot

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On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Lennin Caro <lennin.caro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Try to delete the files like this
>
> .s.PGSQL.5432
> .s.PGSQL.5432.lock
> 8.x-main.pid
>
> and restart postmaster

WHOA, never delete those files unless you're sure you've killed off
postgres first.  Then and only then you can delete them and safely
restart.  If you ever manage to bring up two postmasters on the same
store you've just destroyed your database.

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