Re: starting postgresql for first time

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Morgan <robert_(at)ihug(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: postgres <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: starting postgresql for first time
Date: 2004-04-29 04:25:49
Message-ID: 5743.1083212749@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Morgan <robert_(at)ihug(dot)co(dot)nz> writes:
> AT THIS POINT I DID CTRL+Z AS NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED

You seem to be missing the fundamental concept that you want to start
the postmaster as a background process. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/postmaster-start.html

regards, tom lane

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