Yvon Thoraval wrote: > on my computer I had a disk probleme, then i had to reinstall the system (Xubuntu 12.04). > I've backuped some parts of the disk, namely /etc, /var and /home. > I wonder if I'm able to recover my past databases in the /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/ backup. > If yes, how ? If you have the complete data directory, there should be no problem. Install PostgreSQL 9.1 and start the server against the data directory. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general