Hello,
If you can be of any help please feel free. PostgreSQL V7.1 ================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]$ postgres start DEBUG: database system was interrupted being in recovery at 2008-04-01 00:31:20 CST This propably means that some data blocks are corrupted and you will have to use last backup for recovery. DEBUG: CheckPoint record at (6, 2667839868) DEBUG: Redo record at (6, 2667793068); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown FALSE DEBUG: NextTransactionId: 58839239; NextOid: 18823136 DEBUG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress... DEBUG: redo starts at (6, 2667793068) FATAL 2: cannot read block 1802 of pg_log: Success [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# cat boot.log |grep postmaster Apr 1 04:48:42 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Apr 1 04:49:38 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Apr 1 04:51:40 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Mar 31 22:59:14 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Mar 31 22:59:32 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Mar 31 23:01:45 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Mar 31 23:38:10 mail1 postgres: postmaster shutdown failed Regards Olivier Bessière Network and System Engineer Think green before printing!