The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 2497
Logged by: bruno Corbin
Email address: bc (AT) sipco (DOT) fr
PostgreSQL version: 8.1.4
Operating system: linux
Description: bug initdb
Details:

copying template1 to postgres ... FATAL: could not create file
"base/10793/1247": Input/output error

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bruno Corbin wrote:

This is a system-level error message. Probably the disk is bad, or the
cable, or the RAM, etc. See the kernel log for more information.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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"bruno Corbin" <bc (AT) sipco (DOT) fr> writes:
You've got hardware problems :-( "Input/output error" is not a symptom
that a Postgres bug could produce.

regards, tom lane

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