Hello everyone...
Can anyone help me with the following problem? I
leased a Cobalt RAQ3 dedicated server in the US and since I needed some software
that didn't come pre-installed, I installed samba server, Apache J-serv, Sun's
JDK 1.2 and... since I didn't know that Cobalt uses the PostgreSQL database I
just thought that it would be wise to remove all the "old" PostgreSQL RPMs and
install the new ones. Problem is that Cobalt does PostgreSQL and now I cannot
administer the machine via the web. Can anyone tell me where can I get the
orginal PostgreSQL RPMs that come with Cobalt (6.5.2-2C I believe). I still
have the cobalt databases so no data has been lost but I don't mind if I loose
it, since I had only two sites configured. If the RPMs are not available, is it
safe to remove any PostgreSQL package and install a completely new version and
just recreate by hand the databases? Has anyone done anything like this? (Note :
I don't have physical access to the machine,only a telnet shell access as
root)
The only "solution" that this ISP's tech
support provides is an astonishing "we have to reformat the drive and install
everything from scratch". So much for their Linux knowledge.
Any help will be greately appreciated.
Thanks!!!
Alexander Hristov
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