Re: I/O error on data file, can't run backup

Leif Biberg Kristensen <leif@solumslekt.org> writes:
> I seemingly fixed the problem by stopping postgres and doing:
> balapapa 612249 # mv 11658 11658.old
> balapapa 612249 # mv 11658.old 11658

> And the backup magically works.

Wow, that is magic.  I was going to suggest copying pg_opfamily from
template0, which would probably work (maybe requiring reindexing) as
long as you didn't have any non-core data types in use.  But you
got lucky.

> I'm gonna move the data to another disk right now.

Good plan.

            regards, tom lane