On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 22:57, qintao <qin...@huaweisymantec.com> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 5979 > Logged by: qintao > Email address: qin...@huaweisymantec.com > PostgreSQL version: 8.4.7 > Operating system: windows server 2008 > Description: postgres service cannot be started if database is > located in NAS > Details: > > steps to reproduce > 1. Share a directory (say \data) from a NAS > 2. map the shared directory to a Windows server 2008 R2 host to be a network > drive (say Z:) > 3. install postgresql to the Windows Server 2008 R2 with the database as > z:\db\. > 4. try to start the postgresql service from service.msc > It's failed with a log in the event viewer: > postgres cannot access the server configuration file > "C:/symbollink/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory > > 5. start a Command Prompt, execute the below cmd: > C:/Program Files (x86)/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin/pg_ctl.exe start -N > "postgresql-8.4" -D "C:/symbollink" -w > > the service can be started.
Mounts are per-session in Windows. When the service starts, it is in a different session, and can thus not see your mount point. That said, PostgreSQL is not supported over SMB mounts anyway. It requires a local NFTS filesystem. SMB mounts cannot be trusted for databases. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
