Re: BUG #4691: Installation error

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Gregory Clark" <gregwillclark(at)hotmail(dot)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?

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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