On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:10 PM, JD Wong <jdmsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Adrian, > >> That's guaranteed to break everything badly. > > > Even if I "read only style" copied the files? Do you mind elaborating on why > this happens? ( or point me to relevant documentation )
What is "read only style", and how does postgres know about this? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/backup-file.html > > Thanks, > -JD > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netll...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM, JD Wong <jdmsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Adrian, yes I completely copied the config-file and data directories >> > over. >> > >> > Lonnie, I don't remember. I might not have shut down the "old" >> > postgres, >> > yes I set PGDATA accordingly. > > >> >> >> >> That's guaranteed to break everything badly. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netll...@gmail.com LlamaLand https://netllama.linux-sxs.org -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
