At 17:33 +0300 on 01/06/1999, Bob Kruger wrote:
>
> I am recovering a system from a complete HD crash.
>
> I have a backup of the Postgres data directory, e.g.
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/base.
>
> Is there a way or method to have Postgres pick these databases up again?
> The version of Postgres run in this machine was/is 6.4.2.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
You should be able to replace the content of the newly created data/base
directory with the old ones. Just remember to terminate the postmaster
first. And replace the entire content.
That is, assuming the version was the same before the crash.
Please avoid crossposting.
Herouth
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Open University of Israel - Telem project
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