Hi Scott, > did you try pg_ctl -m immediate stop ???
I just did, and it worked. $ pg_ctl stop -m immediate waiting for server to shut down.... done server stopped Many thanks. Regards, Tena Sakai [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 3/24/2008 3:37 PM To: Tena Sakai Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] it refuses to go down... On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Tena Sakai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Everybody, > > I ran out of space over the weekend. /usr/local/ filled up. > I got a new partition and about 1/2 done with copying the > data from the filled-up partition. BTW, I am using postgres > 8.3.0 on dell hardware/ redhat advanced server. > > I did: > $ pg_ctl status > pg_ctl: server is running (PID: 11148) > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres > > and proceeded with: > > $ pg_ctl stop -m fast > waiting for server to shut > down............................................................... failed > pg_ctl: server does not shut down did you try pg_ctl -m immediate stop ???
