Re: [SL] migrating to a new machine

[Vladimir B. <vl...@bo...>]

> 
> Hello all i am migrating from freebsd 4.11 to 6.2 this includes a
> sql-ledger migration/update. 
> 
> I was running version 
> sql-ledger 2.6.16 i think but it is broken now so i cannot really say
> for certain. 
> 
> postgresql-server-7.4.13_1 
> 
> now i am running 
> postgresql-server-7.4.16 
> sql-ledger-2.6.26 
> 
> As stated above i have succesfully installed the versions of
> sql-ledger and postgres that i need. 
> 
> My problem lies with getting the old database into the new postgres i
> have exported without error but when i try to import it i come across
> all sorts of errors nonresistant database nonresistant user language
> problems . Could someone kindly help me with this as i have been
> struggling with it for days now. 
> 
> thanks in advance 

Hello,
pg_dump and pg_restore should work. If not so post the errors.
Generally:
1. install OS & SL
2. dump and restore the database
3. maybe upgrade SL again

Cheers, -vlado