| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | "A(dot)M(dot)" <agentm(at)themactionfaction(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: initdb fails to allocate shared memory |
| Date: | 2010-08-25 15:31:59 |
| Message-ID: | 1282750319.11634.119.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com |
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On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 11:15 -0400, A.M. wrote:
> I am using pgsql9.0b4 (but pgsql8.4 exhibits the same behavior) on MacOS 10.6.4 and initdb fails:
> initdb: removing data directory "/Volumes/Data/pgsql90b"
>
> I would like to create the database space and then reduce the shared memory requirements in postgresql.conf, but this situation seems to create a chicken-and-egg problem. How can I reduce shared_buffers or max_connections prior to running initdb?
If you don't have enough shared memory to initdb, you don't have enough
to run postgresql. You need to increase your shared memory for MacOS
per:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/kernel-resources.html
And then initdb.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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