here's a resume of what i am doing. note that i don't have the global
direcotry of $PGDATA.
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first of all reinstall a new hard-drive and installed the same version
of postgresql (8.0.4) with the same configuration.
now doing a initdb somewhere on the new hd.
then createdb the same database (with the same name)
so now i have a working structure (with a global dir)
now with oid2name i can find what is what in my $PGDATA/base
so now it's time to put my $BACKUP/$PGDATA/base in the new $PGDATA/base
but renaming my back-up with the new oid (only the first folder not
sub-dir.) - i don't replace template0, template1
now a cp -R $BACKUP/$PGDATA/pg_xlog $PGDATA/
now a cp -R $BACKUP/$PGDATA/pg_clog $PGDATA/
now i have to use pg_resetxlog to fit my needs. this is what i'm not
sure, i have 00000001000000000000000E and 00000001000000000000000F in
pg_xlog. what should i use as arguments to pg_resetxlog -o -x -l.
after finding the good arguments, i will be able to start postmaster and
see my tables, cause right now it's always no realtions founds no matter
my test with pg_resetxlog?
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also is it true that i will need to change also the oid of each files in
$PGDATA/base/mydboid/* - this is impossible since i don't know the
structure of my table before the hd crashed.
yes and sorry for cross-posting to general...
regards,
pat