On Dec 19, 2007 7:40 AM, Richard Huxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geoff Ellingwood wrote: > > Any help would be appreciated; I have quite a bit of data in my 8.1cluster > > (active phpBB, etc.), and while I could upgrade to 8.2 or even the 8.3beta, > > I don't know how I would be able to migrate a database if the postmaster > > process is unable to start. > > Step 1 is to make sure you have a backup of your database directory. > That's *everything* in .../pgsql/data (or wherever). You're going to > have to get the database running again and dump it. > > Step 2 will be to revert the locale packages (at least). I'd actually > recommend going back to a completely "clean" system and staring again > unless you're clear what's gone wrong. > > You'll need to read this and figure out exactly what changes you've made > first. > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ > Sections 3.8/9/10 are probably the most important, but read the lot > before doing anything. > > Best bet for help then is an ubuntu/debian list, but as long as you've > got backups you'll be OK. >
I think my best bet is going to be to nuke my 8.1 installation from orbit (after making a backup of the cluster directory) and let Ubuntu configure it correctly with whatever locale managed to squeeze itself into my system. When I was fiddling with it last night, I did manage to get a copy of 8.2 up and running, but I knew that I couldn't just copy 8.1's data directory over top of 8.2's. So, what are tips for completely removing 8.1 after I've made my backups? Will "apt-get remove -purge" be sufficient, or am I going to need to track down individual binaries and config files as well? -- Geoff
