Re: pg_ctl start check sum failed

From: Lennin Caro <lennin(dot)caro(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Fernando Dominguez <ghotam88(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_ctl start check sum failed
Date: 2008-07-03 13:35:34
Message-ID: 342809.18815.qm@web59515.mail.ac4.yahoo.com
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--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Fernando Dominguez <ghotam88(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> From: Fernando Dominguez <ghotam88(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Subject: [GENERAL] pg_ctl start check sum failed
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 11:30 PM
> Hello,
>
> I try to use an old cluster into a new system.
>
> The new system comes with a newer version of postgres so I
> uninstalled it
> and I installed the same version that I had in the older
> system --->8.1
>
> I got impressed when I Installed the 8.1 with dpkg -i and
> it started to run
> without starting the daemon...
>
> Is it possible to know what directory is the server using
> to store the
> data?
>
> --- main question
>
> Once I have installed the server I try to start it using
> pg_control start -D
> /oldCluster directory but I get FATAL checksum incorrect.
>
> I want to use the old data, any ideas?
>
> Many thanks

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