Hot Standby Not So Hot Anymore

I had a 9.0.8 hot standby setup, one master, two slaves, working great.  Then, I tried to re-initialize by making a base backup, the way I've done it many times before, but for some reason I can't get the standby to accept connections.  I copied the postgresql.conf and recorvery.conf out of the way, cleaned the data directory and extracted the backup files, then replaced the conf files.  Everything works perfectly, but I keep getting :FATAL:  the database system is starting up

I know I'm an idiot and that I did something wrong but I can't find it.

[root@db03 data]# grep standby postgresql.conf
wal_level = hot_standby            # minimal, archive, or hot_standby
hot_standby = on        # "on" allows queries during recovery
max_standby_archive_delay = -1    # max delay before canceling queries
max_standby_streaming_delay = -1    # max delay before canceling queries

[root@db03 data]# grep standby recovery.conf  
# Specifies whether to start the server as a standby. In streaming replication,
standby_mode          = 'on'
# Specifies a connection string which is used for the standby server to connect

[root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep stream
postgres 62127  0.1  0.0 34554356 3724 ?       Ss   16:22   0:16 postgres: wal receiver process   streaming BA7/12B87818


[root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep startup
postgres 62122  0.5  0.9 34545900 1223708 ?    Ss   16:22   1:03 postgres: startup process   recovering 0000000100000BA700000012

Any suggestions appreciated!!!

- Ian