Monalee Bhandge wrote: > Dear Sir, > I am thinking to shift my software Axbo7.1 (see > http://axbo.co.in/ ) > to postgresql from mysql. > I have Suse 10.2 operating system in my organization.I > install version 8.1.5-13 successfuly. > but when I start server as------------> > pg_ctl start -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > then error is-----------------> > postmaster started. > Could not open directory "base" No such file or > directory. > > If you can't help then give any of address from whom I > can get help. Usually when you install PostgreSQL as part of a package for a Linux distro it will configure a database for you. You should stop, start, and restart PostgreSQL through the init scripts the distro provides for you in /etc/init.d/ , not using pg_ctl . -- Craig Ringer
