On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 07:20:50AM +0000, Oliver Elphick wrote:
Rahul Ravindrudu wrote:
>
>Hi,
> I have downloaded the postgres version 6.5.3 . My m/c is redhat linux 6.0
> Postgres compiles without any error. I then initialize the database using
> initdb. But when i start the postmaster i get the following error message
>.
>
>
>Database system in directory /tmp/pgsql/data is not compatible with this ver
>sion of Postgres, or we are unable to read the PG_VERSION file. Explana
>tion from ValidatePgVersion: Version number in file '/tmp/pgsql/data/PG_
>VERSION' should be 6.4, not 6.5.
>
>No data directory -- can't proceed.
>
>
> Can anyone explain why?
Perhaps you have a 6.4 version still on your machine, that is being run
instead of your new version?
This is the first time I am using postgres.
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Rahul Ravindrudu
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