Hi, On Montag, 7. Januar 2008, mljv@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: | i wanted to move my database from a 32bit machine to 64bit machine with | rsync like it is explained here [...] | i guess that rsyncing all database files from 32bit to 64bit does not work. Yes, you are right; 32bit and 64bit formats are incompatible. | if so: | 1. the error message is misleading. | 2. It is not obvious for me that you can't copy from 32bit to 64bit. Maybe | it should be mentioned in the docs. Yes; except for a user comment at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/install-upgrading.html I can't easily seem to find a reference either. It is a FAQ though. Ciao, Thomas -- Thomas Pundt <thomas.pundt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ---- http://rp-online.de/ ---- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly