X-Original-To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Received: from localhost (postgresql.org [64.49.215.8])
	by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3279D475E8A
	for <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>; Thu,  6 Feb 2003 16:33:54 -0500 (EST)
Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (unknown [192.204.191.242])
	by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E37475F34
	for <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>; Thu,  6 Feb 2003 15:52:10 -0500 (EST)
Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h16Kpr5u015599;
	Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:51:53 -0500 (EST)
To: Matias Monteverde <mmonte@linuxtech.cl>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 
In-reply-to: <1044475418.5096.3.camel@padme> 
References: <1044475418.5096.3.camel@padme>
Comments: In-reply-to Matias Monteverde <mmonte@linuxtech.cl>
	message dated "05 Feb 2003 17:03:38 -0300"
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 15:51:53 -0500
Message-ID: <15598.1044564713@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517
X-Archive-Number: 200302/105
X-Sequence-Number: 7303

Matias Monteverde <mmonte@linuxtech.cl> writes:
> main problem I have is: I can't dump databases, for internal problems
> from hdd. My question is, so, how can rescue all databases in 'cp
> command' way in posgresql version 7.0 ?

If the data is so messed up that pg_dump doesn't work, I really doubt
that 'cp' will make it better :-(.  I hope you have a recent backup.

			regards, tom lane