Re: pg_control error!

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: rocael(at)usa(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_control error!
Date: 2000-12-15 16:25:08
Message-ID: 11144.976897508@sss.pgh.pa.us
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<rocael(at)usa(dot)net> writes:
> I got this error:
> FATAL 2: Read("/usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_control") failed:2

This looks like the symptom of an incompatible BLCKSZ setting.
(There's supposed to be a more graceful error message about that,
but it doesn't work quite right in 7.0.* :-(.) Were you trying to
change BLCKSZ? If so you need to initdb.

regards, tom lane

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