Thread: panic during pgsql startup
Message-ID: 11616 Hi All, I can't start postgresql. I'm getting: PANIC: failed to re-find parent key in "17497" in serverlog. It's PostgreSQL v8.1.3 on Fedora Core 4, ~15g database. Is there any way do dump my data and/or fix it ? I do have a backup,and this is probably a problem w/ my hdd/memory, but still it'd be interesting to know which options do I have insuch situation. -- Best Regards, Igor Shevchenko
igor@carcass.ath.cx writes: > I can't start postgresql. I'm getting: > PANIC: failed to re-find parent key in "17497" > in serverlog. Is this happening during WAL replay? If so, you could probably get the database to start by doing pg_resetxlog. No guarantees about how consistent your data will be afterwards :-( ... but with a little luck you'll be able to run pg_dump and compare with your backup. I'd definitely recommend an initdb and reload after you get a dump that seems sane. regards, tom lane