Re: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 03:24:19PM -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 21:33:32 +0200, > Holger Zwingmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database > > by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. >

Re: [GENERAL] Moving a data base between differnt OS

2006-04-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 21:33:32 +0200, Holger Zwingmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just realized that is is possible to do a (backup) copy of a database > by copying the "root folder" within the same OS. There are some other conditions as well. Postgres needs to be shut down when y