Warren Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I start postgres (pg_ctl -l logfile start). The following text is > all that exists in the logfile:
> <2005-03-01 14:21:43 MST>FATAL: incorrect checksum in control file > What control file is it referring to? $PGDATA/global/pg_control. I think this must mean that you are trying to start a postmaster that is fundamentally incompatible with the old postmaster --- enough so that it thinks the pg_control struct should be a different size than the old postmaster thought. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly