"Jason Kosowan" <jasonkosowan(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Been trying to get postmaster to run after a PGSQL upgrade from 6.5
> to 7.3.2. (I know, it's a big step!) Below is the transcription of the
> steps
You failed to run initdb. Note the complaint:
> initdb: The directory /mnt/huge/postgresql/ exists but is not empty.
> If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty
> the directory /mnt/huge/postgresql/ or run initdb with
> an argument other than /mnt/huge/postgresql/.
This is a safety precaution to keep people from initdb'ing over an
existing installation ...
regards, tom lane