"Markus Wollny" <Markus.Wollny@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I've just tried to initdb a fresh install of PostgreSQL 8.3.2 on Debian > Etch (testing). My configure settings were > ./configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql --datadir=/var/lib/pgsql/data/base > --enable-locale --with-perl --enable-odbc --with-java I don't think --datadir means what you think (hint: its normal value for that --prefix would be /opt/pgsql/share). Leave that switch out. regards, tom lane