Re: checksum error from windows to linux

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: antoine(dot)perennec(at)wanadoo(dot)fr
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: checksum error from windows to linux
Date: 2006-02-24 16:08:58
Message-ID: 3683.1140797338@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Antoine PERENNEC <antoine(dot)perennec(at)wanadoo(dot)fr> writes:
> Actually, I've retrieved a postgreSQL database from a postgreSQL
> server that was running on windows and I'm trying to load this
> database on a postgreSQL server that will be running on a linux
> mandrake platform.

You generally can't transfer the physical datafiles between
non-identical platforms. Use pg_dump instead to create a portable
dump.

regards, tom lane

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