Re: RH 9 upgrade

On Thursday 01 May 2003 17:34, Bob Hartung wrote:
>    I had just begun to learn postgres when RH9 was released.  Today, I
> upgraded and now postmaster won't start.  I did not do a data dump prior to
> the upgrade.  Is there a way to recover my learning tables or do I just
> chalk this up to experience?

>    I did not see much useful info. in the README-rpm file installed in the
> upgrade.

Install (using --oldpackage) the 7.2.4 RPMset from ftp.postgresql.org (it's in
/pub/binary/v7.2.4/redhat-9 ).  Dump your data; stop postmaster; copy the
/var/lib/pgsql/data tree somewhere; wipe said tree; install the 7.3.2 RPMs
that shipped with RHL9, the restart postmaster.

Upgrading a major version of PostgreSQL is a major pain.
--
Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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