| From: | Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine |
| Date: | 2008-01-18 13:25:06 |
| Message-ID: | E9857E80-96C7-46D7-A4EC-4C6761459914@grid.unep.ch |
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>>>>>
>>> Did you just move from a PPC-based Mac to an Intel-based one?
>>> If so, you're out of luck --- you need to go back to the PPC
>>> to make a dump of those files.
>>>
>>
>> No, I just re-installed my Intel Mac. First I just upgraded from
>> Tiger to Leopard (without getting my database to run; but I didn't
>> put much effort into it); and then I completely erased the disk and
>> installed Leopard from scratch.
>
> Hmmmm..... Can't be that I am standing now there having lost my
> data, no? Please, any faintest idea what I can try?
Ok, it seems to be related to a Intel/PPC issue, as Martijn and Tom
suggested.
So, I copied all files to a PPC, but which runs Linux - don't know if
this is important. Now, it tells me:
"Fatal error: Incorrect checksum on control file"
Any way out of this? Thanks for any advice.
Stef
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