Re: full data disk -- any chance of recovery

From: "Gregory S(dot) Williamson" <gsw(at)globexplorer(dot)com>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Jeff Frost" <jeff(at)frostconsultingllc(dot)com>, <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: full data disk -- any chance of recovery
Date: 2006-01-02 22:30:40
Message-ID: 71E37EF6B7DCC1499CEA0316A2568328024BBD88@loki.wc.globexplorer.net
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Ah well, figures. If only ops had listened to me, we'd be on 8.1 right now.

Thanks anyway, as always, for the sage advice.

G

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Mon 1/2/2006 2:11 PM
To: Gregory S. Williamson
Cc: Jeff Frost; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] full data disk -- any chance of recovery
"Gregory S. Williamson" <gsw(at)globexplorer(dot)com> writes:
> I'll check into the temp files and the like in a bit -- the output from version() says:
> PostgreSQL 7.4 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> (1 row)

> so I am not sure if this 7.4.2 --

If it were 7.4.2 it would say so. You are in desperate need of an
update, as there are half a dozen known data-loss issues that are
corrected in the 7.4.x update series. The one that I now think bit
you is just one of them.

regards, tom lane

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