Kernel 2.4->2.6 upgrade results in PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record

From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Kernel 2.4->2.6 upgrade results in PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
Date: 2006-04-14 10:26:02
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0604141317310.28646-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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Hi, we have happily been running postgresql 7.4.x (currently 7.4.12) on a
debian linux with kernel 2.4.x for some years without any issues.
Yesterday after switching to 2.6.16 we experienced the following problem
upon pgsql startup:

LOG: could not open file "/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/0000006900000091"
(log file 1 05, segment 145): No such file or directory
LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record
LOG: could not open file "/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/0000006900000091"
(log file 1 05, segment 145): No such file or directory
LOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record
PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
LOG: startup process (PID 414) was terminated by signal 6
LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure

After reverting back to kernel 2.4, postgresql started up hapilly again.

Any ideas?
--
-Achilleus

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