Re: Data directory destroyed

Leandro Fanzone wrote:
  >Due to a problem with the filesystem, my "data" directory was thrashed.
  >I had to remove it completely. Now the postmaster doesn't start. How do
  >I recreate the data directory? I have the dumps for psql to create the
  >databases, but I need postmaster running. What can I do?


Run initdb to create the database structure.  The postmaster needs the
database to exist before it can start.

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