gborges@radiumsystems.com.br writes:
> A kernel panic ocurred with my machine.
> So, I have to recover my postgresql data directory. I copy the data directory to a new instalation (same version that
Iused before).
Did you forget to copy pg_xlog/ ? Or did the kernel crash lose those files?
> There is some way to ignore this problem and start the postgres? I only want to start the database to do a pg_dump.
You can run pg_resetxlog, but you'll need to manually inspect your
dumped data to see if you have any partially-committed recent
transactions.
regards, tom lane