"David Martin" <martin-family@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am trying to restore a database from a machine which has died. The > machine was taken down normally but refused to restart so the data has > been copied elsewhere. > The database is in version 7.2 so I installed 7.2.8, but upon pointing > the postmaster at the relevant data directory I get the error in the > subject line. Lessee ... 7.2 had pg_controldata and pg_resetxlog, so you have some hope. Try the former and see if it can extract anything. Then try the latter. Definitely RTFM on pg_resetxlog before using it. Also: is the "elsewhere" the same machine architecture as the original server? Do not even think about trying to recover x86 files on x86_64, for example. regards, tom lane
