On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 04:02, L.Boldareva wrote: > Hi! > (Hope this is the right place to post) > > I crashed the postmaster and cannot start it anymore, with the error In addition to what everyone's posted already, I would suggest you spend some time figuring out what got you here in the first place. Bad hardware, misconfigured postgresql.conf (specifically fsync=false) or other possibilities. Under normal circumstances, a crashing postmaster should not cause these problems.
