Then, from the command line, type
% initlocation PGDATA2
-Creating Postgres database system directory /alt/postgres/data
-Creating Postgres database system directory /alt/postgres/data/base
+The location will be initialized with username "postgres".
+This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.
+
+Creating directory /alt/postgres/data
+Creating directory /alt/postgres/data/base
+
+initlocation is complete.
+You can now create a database using
+ CREATE DATABASE <name> WITH LOCATION = 'PGDATA2'
+in SQL, or
+ createdb <name> -D 'PGDATA2'
+from the shell.