Tim Boring <tboring(at)insight(dot)rr(dot)com> writes:
> So I shutdown the postmaster and tried restarting like this:
> postmaster -D -i /var/lib/pgsql/data > logfile 2>&1 &
> but it doesn't start the postmaster.
Try putting the switches in a saner order:
postmaster -i -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > logfile 2>&1 &
-D expects a parameter (database path) next.
regards, tom lane