You are perfectly right, master is 32bit and slave is 64bit. I didn't even consider that that would matter when "just" copying the data. First I was using different versions on the two boxes, but ended up installing 8.3.5 on both of them. How do I install a 32bit PostgreSql on my 64bit (linux) box ? Leif ----- "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Leif Jensen <leif@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > So far I don't get any errors, but when I start postgres on the > slave (I'm using pg_ctl), I get the error 'FATAL: incorrect checksum > in control file'. > > > Both servers are running PostgreSQL-8.3.5, configured with > exactly the same options (just prefix and ssl). > > Maybe they aren't the same architecture? (32 vs 64 bit for instance) > > regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
