On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Daneel <daneel-usenet@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Martin Marques wrote: >> >> Daneel escribió: >>> >>> Daneel wrote: >>>> >>>> While going through >>>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Detailed_installation_guides >>>> and typing >>>> service postgresql start >>>> as root I got >>>> "/var/lib/pgsql/data is missing. Use "service postgresql initdb" to >>>> initialize the cluster first." >>>> >>>> When I run >>>> service postgresql initdb >>>> I get >>>> "se: [FAILED]". >>>> However, /var/lib/pqsql/data is created and user postgres owns it. >>>> >>>> But then I run >>>> service postgresql start >>>> and the very same error occurs.. >>>> >>>> Daneel >>> >>> Shoud add that version is 8.3.1 and I've installed it using RPM >>> packages... Thanks in advance for any tip... >> >> Where did you get the rpm packages? >> > > I downloaded them from rpmfind.net They were Fedora 9 i386 version. You need to use the version for RHEL, not fedora. There are versions of 8.3 for RHEL3,4 and 5 on the postgresql ftp sites and that's what I use. > I reinstalled CentOS yesterday and during installation I checked to include > PostgreSQL 8.1.11. Now it seems to work properly. You should really explore running 8.3.3. It's much faster than 8.1 and has a few features that are really nice to have.
