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1. Problems with fatal errors on startup of postmaster.

   Eric Naujock <naujocke@abacusii.com> — 2000-06-30T15:09:32Z

   Help. I am getting the following errors from my postmaster when I try to start it up. 
   
   How do I fix this.
   
   [postgres@aries bin]$ ./postmaster -i
   DEBUG:  Data Base System is starting up at Fri Jun 30 11:06:24 2000
   FATAL 2:  Control file context is broken
   FATAL 2:  Control file context is broken
   Startup failed - abort
   [postgres@aries bin]$
   
   I currently have 2 databases running my website. Hence with this down I have some problems.
   
   The postgress version is 7.0.2 running on yellow-dog Linux Champion server 1.2.
   
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2. Re: Problems with fatal errors on startup of postmaster.

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2000-06-30T16:54:11Z

   "Eric Naujock " <naujocke@abacusii.com> writes:
   > How do I fix this.
   
   > [postgres@aries bin]$ ./postmaster -i
   > DEBUG:  Data Base System is starting up at Fri Jun 30 11:06:24 2000
   > FATAL 2:  Control file context is broken
   > FATAL 2:  Control file context is broken
   > Startup failed - abort
   > [postgres@aries bin]$
   
   Hmm.  Your pg_control file is messed up, apparently.  Not sure how it
   could have gotten that way; this is the first report of such a failure
   that I can recall hearing about.
   
   Probably your best bet for fixing this is to initdb a fresh database
   directory and then use pg_upgrade to move your existing user data into
   the new database.  Read the pg_upgrade directions *carefully* --- it's
   a little bit tricky to use correctly.
   
   			regards, tom lane