Re: BUG #4691: Installation error

"Gregory Clark" <gregwillclark@hotmail.com> writes:
> I get an error when trying to install Postgre Database Server 8.1.The Error
> is "Failed to run initdb: 1!

Why are you trying to install 8.1?  We don't support that on Windows
anymore, for good and sufficient reasons.

> creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_tblspc ... ok
> selecting default max_connections ... The system cannot find the file
> specified.
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> The system cannot find the file specified.
> 10
> selecting default shared_buffers ... The system cannot find the file
> specified.

It sorta looks like you are missing postgres.exe.  But it's hard to
imagine why you'd have initdb and not that --- maybe a permissions
problem?

            regards, tom lane