output of pg_controldata was:
bash-2.03$ ../bin/pg_controldata
pg_control version number: 71
Catalog version number: 200201121
Database state: IN_RECOVERY
pg_control last modified: Thu May 16 21:59:45 2002
Current log file id: 4
Next log file segment: 164
Latest checkpoint location: 3/FACBFA78
Prior checkpoint location: 3/FABD4720
Latest checkpoint's REDO location: 3/FACBFA78
Latest checkpoint's UNDO location: 0/0
Latest checkpoint's StartUpID: 7
Latest checkpoint's NextXID: 6174305
Latest checkpoint's NextOID: 30144904
Time of latest checkpoint: Tue May 14 09:22:12 2002
Database block size: 8192
Blocks per segment of large relation: 131072
LC_COLLATE: C
LC_CTYPE: C
bash-2.03$
postmaster messages:
DEBUG: database system was interrupted being in recovery at 2002-05-16 21:34:20 IST
This probably means that some data blocks are corrupted
and you will have to use the last backup for recovery.
DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 3/FACBFA78
DEBUG: redo record is at 3/FACBFA78; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE
DEBUG: next transaction id: 6174305; next oid: 30144904
DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress
DEBUG: redo starts at 3/FACBFAB8
On Thursday 16 May 2002 09:40 pm, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> my postmaster is refusing to startup. and my last backup is 18 hrs old.
> restoring data for that backup is the last option i have.
>
> I have already tried pg_resetxlog -f $PGDATA , but that sets the
> database to a state that is 2 days old.
>
> will anyone please help me with my best bet in recovering data
> for $PGDATA
>
> i made a copy of it before running pg_resetxlog.
>
> DEBUG: database system was interrupted being in recovery at 2002-05-16
> 21:34:20 IST This probably means that some data blocks are corrupted
> and you will have to use the last backup for recovery.
> DEBUG: checkpoint record is at 3/FACBFA78
> DEBUG: redo record is at 3/FACBFA78; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE
> DEBUG: next transaction id: 6174305; next oid: 30144904
> DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
> progress DEBUG: redo starts at 3/FACBFAB8
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