On 2009-09-08, Jia Chen <chen.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > As a beginner of PostgreSQL, I installed PostgreSQL 8.3.7 on Ubuntu 9.04 > by using sudo apt-get install. > > Now, I want to store PostgreSQL data on an external drive because I work > both on my office machine and on my home machine a lot. This way, I can > always bring my external drive to either location and work on data > stored on the drive.
start again and install from the source. the ubuntu packge spreads the components of the postgres database about putting some in /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /etc/postgres, /var/log, /var/lib and /etc you should install them all onto the removable drive instead. it's not just the table data that is needed need for the database to work. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
