Re: Forgot to dump old data before re-installing machine [solved]

>>>> When I start the postmaster it seems ok. But there is no process
>>>> running.
>>>
>>> Then it didn't really start successfully.  (Unless you use the -w
>>> option, "pg_ctl start" just launches the postmaster --- it doesn't
>>> wait around to see what happens.)  You need to look into the log
>>> file to see what the problem was.
>>
>> Ok, it's a bit confusing for a non-admin-user to enter into the pg-
>> config to find out what parameters one has to uncomment in order to
>> get the log working. Succeed after some while, got the postmaster
>> working:
>>
>>   827  p2  S      0:00.22 /usr/local/bin/postmaster -D /usr/local/
>> pgsql/data TERM=xterm-color SHELL=/bin/bash USER=postgres
>> __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F6:0:0 P
>>   829  p2  S      0:00.01 postgres: writer process
>>   830  p2  S      0:00.00 postgres: stats buffer process
>>   831  p2  S      0:00.00 postgres: stats collector process
>>
>>
>> What would you recommend now in order to get the data back? I have
>> postgis data in the databases too, although this is not too important
>> for me...
>
> Sounds like you're ready to run pg_dump.

Ok, finally got everything working. I really don't understand a thing
about what has happened, since I was running the database since a year
on an Intel Mac.... But perhaps the fact that I moved to Leopard now
made it happen.

Anyway, installing the old postgres version on an old PPC and then re-
importing them into the new Intel-postgres database did the thing.

So, many thanks (!!!!) to everybody (!!!!!) for the valuable inputs,
time etc.

Best wishes,

Stef