Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine
Date: 2008-01-24 16:17:33
Message-ID: 11300.1201191453@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stefan Schwarzer <stefan(dot)schwarzer(at)grid(dot)unep(dot)ch> writes:
> When I start the postmaster it seems ok. But there is no process
> running.

Then it didn't really start successfully. (Unless you use the -w
option, "pg_ctl start" just launches the postmaster --- it doesn't
wait around to see what happens.) You need to look into the log
file to see what the problem was.

regards, tom lane

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