Antoine PERENNEC <antoine.perennec@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Actually, I've retrieved a postgreSQL database from a postgreSQL > server that was running on windows and I'm trying to load this > database on a postgreSQL server that will be running on a linux > mandrake platform. You generally can't transfer the physical datafiles between non-identical platforms. Use pg_dump instead to create a portable dump. regards, tom lane