unable to locate a valid checkpoint

From: Auri Mason <amason(at)syntrex(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: unable to locate a valid checkpoint
Date: 2002-03-22 17:26:59
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0203221822010.2278-100000@mendeleev.syntrex.com
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Hi to all,

I'm quite new for this list, but I've already a big problem.
After a shutdown, the postmaster doesn't restart due to a checkpoint
error.
The data of the DB is ... ehm important... so, how can I recover my
installation?

message:
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FindExec: found "/usr/bin/postmaster" using argv[0]
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: database system was shut down at
2002-03-22 11:46:11 CET
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: ReadRecord: invalid resource manager
id 157 at (0, 561372168)
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: Invalid primary checkPoint record
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: Invalid RMID in secondary checkPoint
record
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] FATAL 2: Unable to locate a valid CheckPoint
record
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: proc_exit(2)
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: shmem_exit(2)
2002-03-22 13:42:46 [6002] DEBUG: exit(2)
/usr/bin/postmaster: reaping dead processes...
/usr/bin/postmaster: Startup proc 6002 exited wit
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TIA, Auri

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