"Jeff Duffy" <jeff(at)alanne(dot)com> writes:
> Creating template1 database in /var/pgsql/data/base/1
> FATAL 2: control file context is broken
Hmm. The only prior report I've seen of that error message was from
someone whose system clock was several decades off (there's a
not-very-well-considered test of the timestamp range included in that
check in 7.1.* :-().
If that's not it, please compile up the contrib/pg_controldata utility
and see what it prints out.
regards, tom lane