| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Mariusz Czułada <manieq(at)wp(dot)pl> |
| Cc: | "PGSQL hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: portability of datafiles |
| Date: | 2001-10-30 23:14:07 |
| Message-ID: | 8710.1004483647@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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=?iso-8859-2?Q?Mariusz_Czu=B3ada?= <manieq(at)wp(dot)pl> writes:
> 1. I have a FAT32 partition, which is r/w accessible from both OSes.
> 2. I have same version of postgres installed on linux and on w2k
> (with cygwin support).
> 3. I have PGDATA set to same directory on the 'shared' disk.
> Q.: Can I access my databases no matter which os I currently use?
I think that will work, seeing as how it's the same architecture in
both cases and only one instance of Postgres will be running at a time.
But I recommend not trusting it till you've tested it ... keep backups!
regards, tom lane
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