On Jan 18, 2008 7:25 AM, Stefan Schwarzer <stefan.schwarzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>> Did you just move from a PPC-based Mac to an Intel-based one?
> >>> If so, you're out of luck --- you need to go back to the PPC
> >>> to make a dump of those files.
> >>>
> >>
> >> No, I just re-installed my Intel Mac. First I just upgraded from
> >> Tiger to Leopard (without getting my database to run; but I didn't
> >> put much effort into it); and then I completely erased the disk and
> >> installed Leopard from scratch.
> >
> > Hmmmm..... Can't be that I am standing now there having lost my
> > data, no? Please, any faintest idea what I can try?
>
> Ok, it seems to be related to a Intel/PPC issue, as Martijn and Tom
> suggested.
>
> So, I copied all files to a PPC, but which runs Linux - don't know if
> this is important. Now, it tells me:
>
> "Fatal error: Incorrect checksum on control file"
>
> Any way out of this? Thanks for any advice.
Yes, you need to set up a machine running the same OS and pgsql
version and build as before.
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