Thanks for the fast response! The hardware was the same of the previous, but I'm not sure about Ubuntu version. As I got the whole old server backup, I know that the Postgres version is 8.2 by looking at the PGVERSION file. Not sure if it is 8.2.5, but I imagined that it wouldn't make much difference.
I installed the postgres via apt-get, and the installation structure was the same of the previous one. I even tried to copy the whole Postgres installation from the backup, but when I try to start the server with the postgres command, I receive an error from the OS saying it was impossible to execute the binaries. Now I'm thinking that a 64bit version was installed. I'll try to investigate this a little further and keep up with you. Thanks for the help! On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shane Ambler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Márcio Aguiar Ribeiro wrote: > >> "FATAL: database files are incompatible with server > >> The database cluster was initialized with MAXALIGN 0, but the server > >> waas compiled with MAXALIGN 4." (translated from my language to > >> english by me) > > > > My first guess is that the new postgresql binaries are 64 bit but the > > old install was 32 bit. (I don't actually know the conditions for the > > MAXALIGN value) > > That's what I'm guessing too; see the previous report here: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2007-12/msg00254.php > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2008-01/msg00023.php > > The symptoms are a bit different (eg, large value instead of zero > for MAXALIGN) but that's not too surprising considering that 8.1 > and 8.2 have different sets of fields in pg_control. > > You'll need to get binaries that matched your originals and then > reinstall the database from your backup. > > regards, tom lane > -- Marcio Aguiar Ribeiro -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
