Re: install new version of Redhat without deleting

I'm usung postgresql.org RPMS so the RPMS will be exactly the same.
Of course I'll do my pgdump before my try.

Thank to you all !

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 10:47, FM wrote:
>
>>Hello erverybody,
>>I need to install a new version of Redhat on my server.
>>On the distro, pgsql data are in : /var/lib/pgsql (which is mounted on
>>its own partition).
>>Can I "just" install the new version of Redhat, reinstall the same
>>version of Postgresql (7.4.8) ?
>>I'll do a pgdump all just in case
>
>
> It might work, but there are no guarantees. The two versions basically
> need to have been compiled with a few different settings the same, or
> the new version won't be able to run on the old versions data
> directory. Worth a try though. As long as you have that pg_dump
> sitting around.
>
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