Re: Uninstall mess Postgresql 7.3.4, 8.1.4 on Redhat 9

[MargaretGillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 03:06:32PM -0700,
MargaretGillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> account and the system's knowledge of the  posgresql 8.1.4
software. The 
>> system will no longer run 8.1.4 even when I go to the /bin/ to
run the 
>> commands. The data is still present and so is the 8.1.4 software.
I remade 

>What happens then?  Error messages?  It's hard to tell what
the
>problem might be.

When the system boots there is a FAILED error when
the server tries to load postgresql8.

If I manually run 
        /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql8
start
the message is 
        standard
in must be tty
         
              [FAILED]


>> the postgres account on the server and gave it permission's to
8.1.4 
>> directories but still no dice. I have multiple backups of the
database 
>> that are okay. 

> How did you remake the account?  Same UID?
I don't know what the UID was. I used adduser to remake
the postgres Redhat account.
 
>> Would my best bet be to download and install 8.2.5 and import
the backup? 
>> Or do I need to get 8.1.4 running, and how do I do that? 

>Adding 8.2.x to your headaches won't make it better, for sure -- it's
>just another layer of incompatibility.

If versions can run in parallel why would installing
the new version affect the 8.1.4 version?

Margaret Gillon