On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Tena Sakai <tsakai@gallo.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> Hi Carol,
>
> I detect in you some apprehension as to pg_dumpall
> won't run or complete. Why is that? Have you already
> done it and it didn't work? If that's not the case,
> why not run pg_dumpall at a quiet hour and see?
>
> I think Scott is right as to install the latest
> 8.2 on top. It won't be time consuming task.
> Why not give it a wheel? It would be good to
> find out one way or the other.
>
>
> Scott: Are files 0000 through 002F (which are
> not there) absolutely necessary for recovering data?
Most likely not. If the db won't start up without them, it might be
possible to create new clog files that are nothing but zeroes. Never
been in this position though...