[BUGS] pgsql 8 beta - Service fails to start after system crash

Using pgsql 8.0.0 beta 1 installed via PGInstaller 08092004 release on Windows 2000 SP4 build 5.00.2195, Dell Precision 360 single Pentium 4 After a power cutoff and reboot, the db service will not start, either automatically or manually. Two incidents; after the first I reinstalled before it wou

[BUGS] pgsql 8 beta - Service fails... problem found

The postmaster.pid file from the pre-crash instance remained in the data directory. Deleted it and started fine. >Using pgsql 8.0.0 beta 1 installed via PGInstaller 08092004 release >on Windows 2000 SP4 build 5.00.2195, Dell Precision 360 single Pentium 4 > >After a power cutoff and reboot, the d