Re: Extract (Recover) data from a cluster built on a different architecture (ARM).

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Phil Couling <couling(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > I'm looking for a way to extract the data from a PostgreSQL 8.3.14
> > database (cluster) that was built using an an ARM/Linux server. The
> > ...
> > Are there any tools for recovering data from a database built with a
> > different architecture or is my data toast unless I can lay my hands
> > on an ARM box?
>
> You might possibly be able to do it with a different big-endian machine
> such as PPC (it would also have to match on alignment rules and
> floating-point format, but I think you'd probably squeak by on those).
> Cedric's suggestion of an emulator is probably a surer answer though.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
> QEMU can emulate an ARM system. It won't be really fast, but it might work
for you. Disclaimer: I've never used QEMU to emulate an ARM system, but the
docs say that you can.

http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page