Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 20:24:25 -0400
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Ray Madigan <ray@madigans.org>
Cc: Pgsql-Admin <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: FW: Upgrade to 8.3
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Ray Madigan wrote:
> I think I just made a huge error.  I just upgraded all of my systems and in
> the process I just upgraded the data base from 8.1 to 8.3.  At least I think
> it was 8.1.  Anyway the postmaster won't run and I can't backup the old
> database without a hue effort.  Is there a way around this or do I have to
> reinstall the old server and back it up and then install the new version?

You have to install 8.1 again.  You don't need to change anything else
that you upgraded; it suffices to compile a 8.1 version from sources
(you need the same compilation options though)

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