Re: installation problem -please help

Nandalal,

> I am installing postgresql 7.0.3 again from scratch on my new PC. I
> have got
> stuck again at the the initdb step. I cannot   remember how I got it
> to run
> last time!! But it has been one  recurrent problem for me. I wonder
> why? I
> want a smooth installation :-)

Hmm.  I haven't seen that particular one before.

First, how about you download the current version (7.1.3)?  There are no
advantages to using 7.0.3, and quite a few disadvantages.

Then, after the initdb process errors out, check for that file and see
what permissions are on it.  I'm also curious why anything is being done
in /root/tmp.  Is your system set up so that /root/tmp is the general
temp directory?  Was, perhaps, the postgres user set up with /root/ as a
home directory?

-Josh


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