2011/4/24 Phil Couling <coul...@gmail.com>: > Hi > > I'm looking for a way to extract the data from a PostgreSQL 8.3.14 > database (cluster) that was built using an an ARM/Linux server. The > problem is that the hardware itself is a brick and the replacement > hardware will be X86/AMD64. > > Sadly my backups are all copies of the DB files and don't include a > recent text based dump (fail!). All attempts so far to start up a > server using the original files have failed with a couple of different > errors (Failed to parse...). I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion > that this is to do with endianness. X86 is little endian whereas ARM > is primarily big endian.
I would test with qemu to get a virtualized ARM then install postgresql and dump the data. > > Are there any tools for recovering data from a database built with a > different architecture or is my data toast unless I can lay my hands > on an ARM box? I don't think it exists one > > Thanks so much for your time. > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Cédric Villemain 2ndQuadrant http://2ndQuadrant.fr/ PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
