Re: Newbie [CentOS 5.2] initdb

[Daneel <dan(at)dan(dot)dan>]

jcvlz wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> wrote:
> > On 12/08/2008 15:11, 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."
> > You should re-post to the pgsql-general mailing list, as you're more likely
> > to get an answer there; this one is for PgAdmin.
> >
> > Ray.
> >
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> Daneel,
>
> I didn't see a post on another list, so I'm guessing you're still
> having problems.  I'm not sure which tut you were using from the wiki
> you linked to, but section section 15.1 in the doc sums up
> initialization, and the rest of chapter 15 explains what each command
> is doing.
>
> My guess is that you still need to create the default postgres DB.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/installation.html
>
> -jcvlz
 Thank you both, I've post it on pgsql.general, any tips on the topic 
are welcome. I use 8.3.1 installed from RPM packages (only 3 necessary 
used: postgresql-libs, postgresql and postgresql-server).

Daneel