James Cloos <cl...@jhcloos.com> wrote:
 
> I notice that everyone suggests using a symlink, but I never see
> anyone suggest just mounting a filesystem there.
 
I think initdb wants an empty directory.  Once it creates the
directory structure with pg_xlog, if that's a mount point, it's a
bit awkward to mount there and then copy from behind the mount point
onto it.  A symbolic link seems both safer and easier.
 
-Kevin

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