Re: Postgres 8.2 database recovery Could not create relation Invalid Argument

On Tuesday, July 28, 2009, Justin Alston <jusalston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Novice here :). I have PostgreSQL 8.2 installed on a single board computer running Windows XP Embedded on a Compact Flash drive - 2 databases with no more than 2000 ro. After 10 power cycles spaced 6 mins apart, I noticed the postgres.exe processes no longer running. I located log file (see below) and it appears postgres attempts to recover but fails to do so. Any suggestions:

Any non standard config options? Particularly around fsync or or sync_method?

If not, I'd say it looks like a filesystem corruption issue. I assume
it's ntfs? How do you shut the machine down?

/Magnus

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> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  database system was interrupted at 2009-07-28 04:27:54 GMT Daylight Time
> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  checkpoint record is at 0/7CBF58
> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  redo record is at 0/7CBF58; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  next transaction ID: 0/12290; next OID: 17183
> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0
> 2009-07-28 04:31:01 LOG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 LOG:  redo starts at 0/7CBFA8
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 FATAL:  could not create relation 1663/16403/16586: Invalid argument
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 CONTEXT:  xlog redo update: rel 1663/16403/16586; tid 35/32; new 35/33
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 LOG:  startup process (PID 1484) exited with exit code 1
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process failure
> 2009-07-28 04:31:02 LOG:  logger shutting down
>
> Thanks in advance for any insights.
>
> Jus
>

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