X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5E5D1B4F9 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 02:52:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85323-04 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:52:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from aruke1.iserver.net (aruke.com [128.121.115.154]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B9C0D1B4FA for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 22:52:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from colm ([202.216.246.217]) by aruke1.iserver.net (8.12.10) id hAC2q4wf043582; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:52:06 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <006401c3a8c7$d9b657b0$3100a8c0@colm> From: "Colm De Barra" To: Subject: backup restore Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:51:18 +0900 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0060_01C3A913.48C070F0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_30_40 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200311/202 X-Sequence-Number: 11189 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C3A913.48C070F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi I'm in charge of a linux DB server running postgres 7.3.2. The OS disk recently died taking the postgres installation with it but the data directory of postgres was on a seperate SCSI disk and is still OK. I've put in a new OS disk, installed linux on it again, mounted the data disk, and installed postgres up as far as the "make install" stage. Can anyone tell me where to go from here to get postgres to run with the old DB ?? is all the DB structure information stored in the data directory ? Any help would be appreciated Colm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is, "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is, "Probably because of something you did." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Website : http://www.angelfire.com/ia/japan/ BoomBox : http://www.b00mb0x.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C3A913.48C070F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'm in charge of a linux DB server running= postgres=20 7.3.2.

The OS disk recently died taking the postg= res=20 installation

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disk and is still OK.

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disk, a= nd installed=20 postgres up as far as the "make install" stage.

Can anyone tell me where to go from here t= o get=20 postgres to run with the

old DB ?? is all the DB structure informat= ion=20 stored in the data directory ?

Any help would be appreciated

Colm

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