"beer@cmu.edu" <beer@cmu.edu> writes:
> Is there anyway to force 8.0 to start at a specific value? That would at
> least get us back up and running.
You're in luck: 8.0's pg_resetxlog has the -o switch, so just shut down
(cleanly), use pg_resetxlog to put the OID counter where you want it,
restart.
regards, tom lane