Re: PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record

Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> writes:
> Nov 16 18:03:32 dx1-ptr postgres[23410]: [4-1] LOG: shutting down
> Nov 16 18:03:35 dx1-ptr postgres[23410]: [5-1] LOG: database system
> is shut down
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10884]: [1-1] LOG: could not create
> IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [2-1] LOG: database system
> was shut down at 2005-11-16 18:03:35 GMT
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [3-1] LOG: could not open
> file "/data/db/pgdata/pg_xlog/00000082000000E2" (log file 130, segm
> ent 226): No such file or directory
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [4-1] LOG: invalid primary
> checkpoint record
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [5-1] LOG: could not open
> file "/data/db/pgdata/pg_xlog/00000082000000E2" (log file 130, segm
> ent 226): No such file or directory
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [6-1] LOG: invalid
> secondary checkpoint record
> Nov 16 18:21:18 dx1-ptr postgres[10960]: [7-1] PANIC: could not
> locate a valid checkpoint record

So what happened between 18:03 and 18:21 exactly? If you don't have
00000082000000E2, what files *do* you have in pg_xlog? What does
pg_controldata print?

regards, tom lane