"Jason K. Ergle" <jason.ergle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am having a problem with postgreql.conf becoming corrupted. We are using > version 8.2.9 in embedded systems running Fedora Core 7. Basically, the > postgres server holds the data that our embedded systems need to run. They > are all using industrial solid state disk drives on the ext3 file system. > The systems are cold booted occasionally by the operators if something > becomes unresponsive. I am not having a problem with the actual database, > but it seems as though the postgresql.conf file becomes corrupted on > occasion. What happens is a random character in the file, such as an = > will be replaced with another character, such as a 5. Then the server > refuses to start because of a syntax error in the file. I'd bet lunch you have bad RAM that's dropping a bit every so often. It's worthy of note that ASCII '=' is 0x3D while '5' is 0x35, just one bit different. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
