Unable to start postgres with volume mount

I am not able to start postgres in my laptop inside docker container using below command:-
docker run -d --name some-postgres -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword -e PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata -v d:/custom/mount:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres
Getting below error:-
fixing permissions on existing directory /var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata … ok
creating subdirectories … ok
selecting dynamic shared memory implementation … posix
selecting default max_connections … 20
selecting default shared_buffers … 400kB
selecting default time zone … Etc/UTC
creating configuration files … ok
2020-03-26 07:58:11.184 UTC [81] FATAL: data directory “/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata” has wrong ownership
2020-03-26 07:58:11.184 UTC [81] HINT: The server must be started by the user that owns the data directory.
child process exited with exit code 1
initdb: removing contents of data directory “/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgdata”
running bootstrap script …

Please help…

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Hello skumar58,

Try to create the volume manually first, then run your container by mounting it to the volume.

Best Regards,
Fouscou