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