Re: pg_log: no such file or directory

Yow, 7.0. You should probably upgrade soon. 7.3 will be released in a
few weeks.

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Bhuvan A wrote:
> > > I use postgresql 7.2. Last night i received a strange error and the
> > > postmaster was crashed. It reported
> > > 'cannot read block 1470 of pg_log: no such file or directory'.
> >
> > There is no pg_log in 7.2. You'll need to be more accurate about your
> > situation if you want help ...
> >
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> $ cat PG_VERSION
> 7.0
>
> It had been recovered. I did initdb and restored the backup i had. Is
> there any other way to recover, in absence of backup? Please let us know.
>
> For your reference, here is the log:
>
> database system was interrupted being in recovery at 2002-10-28 16:34:50
> IST
> This propably means that some data blocks are corrupted
> and you will have to use last backup for recovery.
> DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (2, 1439679740)
> DEBUG: Redo record at (2, 1439679740); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown
> FALSE
> DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 48106942; NextOid: 3022880
> DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
> progress...
> DEBUG: redo starts at (2, 1439679804)
> FATAL 2: cannot read block 1470 of pg_log: No such file or directory
> /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster: Startup proc 11284 exited with status 512
> - abo
>
> regards,
> bhuvaneswaran
>
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