Re: BUG #4691: Installation error

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Gregory Clark" <gregwillclark@hotmail.com> writes:
>> I get an error when trying to install Postgre Database Server 8.1.The Er=
ror
>> is "Failed to run initdb: 1!
>
> Why are you trying to install 8.1? =A0We 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. =A0But it's hard to
> imagine why you'd have initdb and not that --- maybe a permissions
> problem?

initdb will bail out before it gets to that point if it can't find postgres=
.exe.

I'm wondering about the use of Windows Embedded. I'm not sure if
anyone has ever tested that - and personally I have no idea whether it
may be cut down in ways that may affect Postgres.


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Dave Page
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