my postgres is dead. need help!

Hi folks,

My postgres (v 7.1.4, I think) did not come up upon reboot.
I have tried to use startup script called postgresql in
/etc/rc.d/init.d directory, but it reports FATAL when I
try to stop postmaster.

The most recent log file in /pgsql/data/pg_log reads:

LOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at 2007-07-27 08:30:34 PDT
HINT: This probably means that some data is corrupted and you will have to use the last backup for recovery.
LOG: checkpoint record is at 1F8/DB354F24
LOG: redo record is at 1F8/D6060064; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE
LOG: next transaction ID: 700570822; next OID: 2763554
LOG: next MultiXactId: 3; next MultiXactOffset: 6
LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
LOG: redo starts at 1F8/D6060064
FATAL: the database system is starting up

I am totally lost what I need to do.
Help and ssistance highly appreciated.

Regards,

Tena Sakai
tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu