Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine

From: Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine
Date: 2008-01-18 06:00:52
Message-ID: 17F5D84C-B570-45C1-A5A5-AF08F2A0E504@grid.unep.ch
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>>>> This looks like an endianess mismatch; did you already mention on
>>>> what
>>>> architecture you are on?
>>
>>> MacPro, Leopard
>>
>> Did you just move from a PPC-based Mac to an Intel-based one?
>> If so, you're out of luck --- you need to go back to the PPC
>> to make a dump of those files.
>>
>
> No, I just re-installed my Intel Mac. First I just upgraded from
> Tiger to Leopard (without getting my database to run; but I didn't
> put much effort into it); and then I completely erased the disk and
> installed Leopard from scratch.

Hmmmm..... Can't be that I am standing now there having lost my data,
no? Please, any faintest idea what I can try?

Thanks for hints!

Stef

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