Hey folks,

        Unfortunately, a lightning strike last evening caused a momentary 
power flicker and my Redhat 4.2 Linux machine was bumped off line for a 
minute or two.  It was my "home" box that is only on about 10 minutes a 
day and it didn't have a UPS, which is dumb.  For some reason, postgres 
no longer auto starts on boot anymore.
        I had configured my /etc/inittab file to autostart it using

pg:2345:respawn:/bin/su - postgres -c "/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster 
-D/usr/local/pgsql/data >> /usr/local/pgsql/server.log 2>&1" /dev/null

        One a single line.  It does not start, and after about 10 tries 
to respawn it stops because of a "respawn too fast" error.  If I try to 
start it using

nohup postmaster > server.log 2>&1 &

while logged into the postgres account, it also fails.  Unfortunately, I 
am not at home and don't have the actual error message, so I was 
wondering if anyone else has had this problem with a forced shutdown.  It 
had been working beautifully for about two weeks now, with several 
halt/restart sequences.
        I would appreciate any insight.

                Thanks to all,

                Jason


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