postmaster won't run

Mark Lane <mlane@mynewthing.com> writes:

bash$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
DEBUG: Data Base System is starting up at Thu Jan 11 14:11:04 2001
FATAL 2: Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control") failed: 2
FATAL 2: Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control") failed: 2
Startup failed - abort

What version is this?

Also, have you tried to change BLCKSZ? I think 7.0.* produces the
above, rather than the intended "different BLCKSZ" error, if you
recompile the postmaster with larger BLCKSZ and then try to start
it in an existing database.

regards, tom lane