Re: Error when trying to do a recovery

Tom,
Thanks for your response. I found an old thread you had responded to a
while back
regarding 32 vs 64 bit architectures (which I have) and compatibility
issues.
So until I upgrade my backup/test box looks like I'm stuck using
pg_dump :(

Thanks

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 01:22 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:

> Warren Little <warren(dot)little(at)meridiascapital(dot)com> writes:
> > When I start postgres (pg_ctl -l logfile start). The following text is
> > all that exists in the logfile:
>
> > <2005-03-01 14:21:43 MST>FATAL: incorrect checksum in control file
>
> > What control file is it referring to?
>
> $PGDATA/global/pg_control. I think this must mean that you are trying
> to start a postmaster that is fundamentally incompatible with the old
> postmaster --- enough so that it thinks the pg_control struct should be
> a different size than the old postmaster thought.
>
> regards, tom lane