Thanks Tom,

The answer came too late and I could'nt wait. pg_resetlog did nearly the
trick, Only one database was really hurt. So I reloaded all but this one
from pg_dumpall then the last one from backup...

I'm cursed
 On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

> Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:25:02 -0500
> From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: pgsql-hackers list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Please help
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > I've have a MAJOR crash an hour ago and postgresql doesn't start anymoe
> > (version 7.3.4).
>
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4135]: [7] PANIC:  Invalid page header in block 
> > 6157 of 29135442
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4132]: [1] LOG:  startup process (pid 4135) was 
> > terminated by signal 6
> > Oct 30 17:16:21 server postgres[4132]: [2] LOG:  aborting startup due to startup 
> > process failure
>
> > Is there anything I can do not to reload all backups?
>
> You could try turning on zero_damaged_pages in postgresql.conf.  If you
> are lucky, the page in question is going to be rewritten from WAL anyway.
>
>                       regards, tom lane
>

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