Re: BUG #2667: vacuuming a 70GB table causes a "crash"

"Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl> writes:
> On 9/30/06, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Were you running with full_page_writes off during some earlier use of
>> this database?

> My postgres.conf file says:
> full_page_writes = off
> As I understand it, the 8.1.4 postgres ignores this setting?

Indeed.  But I'm speculating that the damage was done by an earlier
8.1.x release and you've only just now discovered it.

            regards, tom lane