On Monday 09 March 2009 15:31:23 will trillich wrote:
> # /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 stop
> Stopping PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: mainError: pid file is
> invalid, please manually kill the stale server process.
>  failed!

Have you followed this instruction and then removed the pid file?  
That should convince the init script that postgresql-7.4 is stopped 
and let the removal so forward.
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