As the architecture on both Linuxes are different (32 and 64 bits), I think "PGDATA/global/pg_control" might contains 64 bit data such that the 32 bits binary won't recognize or even mispell it. Am I right?
Yes, the platform architecture is key. You won't be able to read the 64-bit data files on a 32-bit box.
What could be done in order to fix it? Is there any kind of application to translate it or the only solution was to "pg_dumpall" and "pg_restore" the cluster?
Yes, dump and restore is the best way to go.
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Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect
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