Re: Please help

Thanks Tom,

The answer came too late and I could'nt wait. pg_resetlog did nearly the
trick, Only one database was really hurt. So I reloaded all but this one
from pg_dumpall then the last one from backup...

I'm cursed
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:25:02 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr
> Cc: pgsql-hackers list <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Please help
>
> ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr writes:
> > I've have a MAJOR crash an hour ago and postgresql doesn't start anymoe
> > (version 7.3.4).
>
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4135]: [7] PANIC: Invalid page header in block 6157 of 29135442
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4132]: [1] LOG: startup process (pid 4135) was terminated by signal 6
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4132]: [2] LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
>
> > Is there anything I can do not to reload all backups?
>
> You could try turning on zero_damaged_pages in postgresql.conf. If you
> are lucky, the page in question is going to be rewritten from WAL anyway.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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