tomtailor@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Starting PostgreSQL database server: postmaster(FAILED) > ERROR: There is no PostgreSQL database framework in /srv/postgres/data. > Run initdb as the postgres user to create it There is no such error string in Postgres proper -- I suppose the complaint is coming from whatever start script you use. Most of the start scripts I've seen just look for a PG_VERSION file, and maybe check its contents. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/storage.html for some information about what needs to be there. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly