On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 22:37 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 22:26 +0200, Hannes Erven wrote: > > [...] > > I'm planning to set up streaming replication from one master to one > > slave. I've read at > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/warm-standby.html that the > > "hardware architecture" of both systems must be the same. > > > > Sure enough, what I'd really like to do is replicate from a Windows (or > > Linux) 64bit master to a Linux 32bit slave -- that's what I currently > > have easily available. > > > > I tried just following the instructions and copied the data directory to > > the slaves, but postgres does not start: > > FATAL: falsche Prüfsumme in Kontrolldatei > > (FATAL: wrong checksum in control file) > > > > > > So I'd like to ask if there is anything I could do by e.g. changing > > compile-time options at the slave to get things going? > > > > There's nothing you can do. It won't work between a 32bit and a 64bit > machines. > Just when I hit the Send button, I wondered if that would be possible if he installed a 32bit PostgreSQL on his 64bit Windows. It could be OK with the same OS, but with different OS, there is less chance, I guess. -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
