Database recovery after fs crash

From: Christian von Kietzell <Avata(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Database recovery after fs crash
Date: 2003-08-20 20:01:49
Message-ID: 3342.1061409709@www12.gmx.net
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Hi,

I've got a serious problem. After a horrible filesystem crash the only thing
left of my database are some files in /lost+found (with changed names!). Is
there a way to recover the data from those files? I managed to identify the
files belonging to PostgreSQL (unfortunately, these are part of more than one
database (think of template0/1...)), but I don't know which file belongs to
which table.
I've searched the web for recovery tools but none of them seems capable of
what I want to do. Is there any documentation on the structure of PostgreSQL's
database files?
If this is the wrong place to ask, please tell me where I might get help.

Cheers,
Christian

P.S. I'm not subscribed to the list and therefore would appreciate direct
answers.

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