Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [1-1] LOG: database system was shut down at 2007-10-13 23:04:54 PDT Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [2-1] LOG: checkpoint record is at F0/E200001C Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [3-1] LOG: redo record is at F0/E200001C; undo record is at F0/E200001C; shutdown TRUE Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [4-1] LOG: next transaction ID: 172668192; next OID: 88470513 Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [5-1] LOG: next MultiXactId: 32334; next MultiXactOffset: 69955 Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [6-1] PANIC: could not access status of transaction 172668192 Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16955]: [6-2] DETAIL: could not open file "pg_clog/00A4": No such file or directory Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16953]: [1-1] LOG: startup process (PID 16955) was terminated by signal 6 Oct 13 23:04:58 66-162-145-116 postgres[16953]: [2-1] LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure ~
Based on what I've read on the mail archives, the recommended fix is to create file '00A4' and fill it with 256k zeros. Is there a quick and easy linux-way of creating such a beast?
