On 2009-06-05, David Fetter <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:11:29AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Jennifer Trey wrote: >> > Hi, >> > What file should I be working with? >> >> Just shut down the server and move the directory whever you want and >> restart the server. There are no file contents that need changing. >> Of course should adjust your scripts or PGDATA environment variable. > > Another way to do this is to mount the drive at the place where PGDATA > used to be. The down side of this approach is that it only works if > you want your PGDATA at the root of that new drive. linux (2.4 and later) can mount paths using --bind That is, you can use mount like a symlink (except unlike a symlink the mounted directories are still there after chroot) > > Cheers, > David. > -- > David Fetter <david@xxxxxxxxxx> http://fetter.org/ > Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter > Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@xxxxxxxxx > > Remember to vote! > Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
