On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 12:09:28 +0100, K�PFERL Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > what is to do if somehow, someif the data directory went corrupt? > (kill -9, Plug out) > Are there any tools or other ways to rescue that or is the only way > rm *; initdb > and restore a backup?
You just restart postgres. It will clean up properly. Note this assumes that you haven't disabled fsync or left write caching on for your disk drives. If a disk drive actually goes bad (or enough drives to lose a raid array), then you need to go to backups. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
