[ADMIN] initdb failure

1999-07-23 Thread tobias.almen
I'm trying to install PostgreSQL 6.5.1 on an Intel-based machine running RedHat Linux 5.2. Everything compiles and installs OK but when I try to run initdb I receive the following error: (Section from initdb output when run in debug mode) =

Re: [ADMIN] regular maintenance, backup

1999-07-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Lamar Owen wrote: ... >2.) Use the command: pg_dumpall. Run this as postgres nightly. As an >example, here is my crontab entry (substitute your PGDATA for >"/var/lib/pgsql"): > >30 1 * * * pg_dumpall -o >/var/lib/pgsql/db.bak >45 1 * * * cp /var/lib/pgsql/db.bak /var/lib/pgsql/db.ba