Обсуждение: [Q] createdb for existing directory
Typically when I want to place a database on a different partition I create it then copy all the stuff from the new databases directory(s) to the new partition followed by a mount. I check things out and then unmount the partition remove all the stuff in the database directories, remount, and then update /etc/fstab for the system. Seems to work but it is a kludgy method to do it. What I'd like to do is mount the partition before doing a createdb. Will this work with 7.1? (I'm writing up some instructions that I'd like to not have to change later.) TIA, Rod -- Roderick A. Anderson raanders@altoplanos.net Altoplanos Information Systems, Inc. Voice: 208.765.6149 212 S. 11th Street, Suite 5 FAX: 208.664.5299 Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
* Roderick A. Anderson <raanders@altoplanos.net> [001016 11:38] wrote: > Typically when I want to place a database on a different partition I > create it then copy all the stuff from the new databases directory(s) to > the new partition followed by a mount. I check things out and then > unmount the partition remove all the stuff in the database directories, > remount, and then update /etc/fstab for the system. > > Seems to work but it is a kludgy method to do it. What I'd like to do > is mount the partition before doing a createdb. > > Will this work with 7.1? (I'm writing up some instructions that I'd like > to not have to change later.) huh? How are you copying to an unmounted partition? Afaik you need the device node to be mounted before you can write to it. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > huh? How are you copying to an unmounted partition? Sorry I left that step out of the description. I usually mount it to some dumy point long enough to copy the files then unmount it and mount it to the database directory. Rod -- Roderick A. Anderson raanders@altoplanos.net Altoplanos Information Systems, Inc. Voice: 208.765.6149 212 S. 11th Street, Suite 5 FAX: 208.664.5299 Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
* Roderick A. Anderson <raanders@altoplanos.net> [001016 12:32] wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > huh? How are you copying to an unmounted partition? > > Sorry I left that step out of the description. I usually mount it to some > dumy point long enough to copy the files then unmount it and mount it to > the database directory. You could use a symlink and just keep using a different mountpoint. postgresql should follow a symlink for the -D datadir option. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."