Database "template1" does not exist in the system catalog. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Aaron Mark
Subject Database "template1" does not exist in the system catalog.
Date
Msg-id BAY21-F28F58AC71B0D5E1151DCBDAA880@phx.gbl
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Responses Re: Database "template1" does not exist in the system catalog.
List pgsql-general
When I try to connect to template1 via psql, I get the following error
message:

psql: FATAL:  Database "template1" does not exist in the system catalog.

I get a similar error when trying to do a pg_dumpall.

In searching the list and trying to find a good place to start, I downloaded
pgfsck and I tried the following:

# ./pgfsck -s 8192 -D data-corrupt template1
-- Detected database format 7.3
-- Table pg_class(1259):Page 0: Incorrect value in header (incorrect
blocksize?)
-- 00 00 00 00 00 47 A7 CC 00 00 00 09 00 E8 01 5C 20 00 20 01
-- Table pg_class(1259):Page 0: Incorrect value in header (incorrect
blocksize?)
-- 00 00 00 00 00 47 FE CC 00 00 00 09 00 E8 01 58 20 00 20 01
-- Table pg_class(1259):Page 0: Incorrect value in header (incorrect
blocksize?)
-- 00 00 00 00 00 48 35 88 00 00 00 09 00 E8 0E E8 20 00 20 01
Couldn't find class 'pg_attribute'

I am 99% sure the block size truly is 8192, but I could be wrong; I tried
other combinations and didn't get any better results.

I wasn't really sure what to make of this error, but noticed the 1259 and
figured that was a file name.  I then tried downloading pg_filedump and
tried the following:

# ./pg_filedump data-corrupt/base/1/1259
(See results below)

Am I headed in the right direction?  Any chance of recovering some/all of
the data?

Thanks,

Aaron

*****************************************************************
* PostgreSQL File/Block Formatted Dump Utility - Version 1.1
*
* File: /Applications/altona/data-corrupt/base/1/1259
* Options used: None
*
* Dump created on: Tue Jan 11 04:11:26 2005
*****************************************************************

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