| From: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Eduardo Vázquez Rodríguez <evazquez(at)insys-corp(dot)com(dot)mx> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres 8.0 on FAT32 |
| Date: | 2005-01-26 21:36:42 |
| Message-ID: | 200501261336.42174.josh@agliodbs.com |
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Eduardo,
> ¿Does anybody has installed Postgres 8.0 on Windows using the MSI
> Installer file that provides Postgresql Web Page using a FAT32 Partition?
Well, advice #1: Don't do this. Use an NTFS partition.
> If you wish to install the data directory on another type of partition
> (which is not recommended, and is unsupported) you must initialise the
> database cluster manually by running initdb.exe
>
> How can I fix it?
That seems pretty clear to me. Using FAT32 is a bad idea, if you want to do
it anyway, you'll have to run initdb.exe manually, from the command line.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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