Re: Kernel 2.4->2.6 upgrade results in PANIC: could not locate a

[Achilleus Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>]

Problem solved.
The sysadmins yesterday forgot to mention to me
that they didnt mount correctly all the file systems
(including the one of pg_xlog).

Sorry for the noise :-)

O Achilleus Mantzios έγραψε στις Apr 14, 2006 :

> 
> 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?
> 

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-Achilleus