Wierd problem with postgresql

[Linuxer Wang]

Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) wrote:

>On 9/18/05, Linuxer Wang <linuxerwang at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I don't want to lost my data when I reinstall fedora next time, so I
>>decide to create a new database under /opt.
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>Why not do a pg_dump to save a copy of your database before you
>reinstall? Then, you just move your database dump file to some place
>that won't be affected when you reinstall and then after that just
>restore that file again.
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I often forget to dump the database and when I realize it, it's too late.
Actually my postgresql is just for developing not industrial, but I have 
a large /opt partition, I prefer to put many things in /opt
and when reinstall all things are still there.

Thanks,
Yours,