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

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