I have a 7.4.6 db running on itanium hpux 11.23. It appears a vacuum ran out of disk space, 2005-07-20 13:47:43 [6161] ERROR: DBI::do failed for SQL [VACUUM VERBOSE] to database clincomm: DBI error: PANIC: could not write to file "/users/postgresql-7.4.6/data/pg_xlog/xlogtemp.6178": No space left on device Pgsql was unresponsive, so we sent SIGINT, then SIGQUIT, both with no response, so finally, sent SIGKILL, then used ipcrm to clear the shm and semaphores. Then restarted, but upon restart, it's stuck in "FATAL: the database system is starting up" mode. Any clues??? Thanks, Ed ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq