On Wednesday, January 04, 2012 6:50:25 am Bruno Boettcher wrote: > Hello! > > just made a stupid move... upgraded a working system.... and without > checking if the backup was ok.... > > so i end up with a debian system having upgraded to 9,1 without > converting the database, and a scrambled backup which is totally > unusable.... Define scrambled backup. > > i tried to start the old tree with > pg_ctlcluster 9.0 main start > Error: could not exec start -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/main -l > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.0-main.log -s -o -c > config_file="" : On original machine verify that the locations and files in above command exist: /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/main /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.0-main.log /etc/postgresql/9.0/main/postgresql.conf > > > so i tried to copy the old 9.0 tree to a machine with a still working 9,0 > postgres, but it stops with > Starting PostgreSQL 9.0 database server: mainError: could not exec > /usr/lib/postgresql/9.0/bin/pg_ctl /usr/lib/postgresql/9.0/bin/pg_ctl > start -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.0/main -l > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.0-main.log -s -o -c > config_file="/etc/postgresql/9.0/main/postgresql.conf" : ... failed! > failed! This is more of the same as above. For now lets concentrate on the original install. > > > so what can i do to extract the data of that tree and feed it into the > 9.1 tree? Get the 9.0 server running. > > thanks in avance! -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
