Re: Postgres 8.0 on FAT32

From: Eduardo Vázquez Rodríguez <evazquez(at)insys-corp(dot)com(dot)mx>
To: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres 8.0 on FAT32
Date: 2005-01-26 22:14:39
Message-ID: 41F8164F.4020200@insys-corp.com.mx
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Hello I fixed using NTFS, what I made was changing from command line
from NTFS to FAT32 using the following sintax

C:>convert D: /FS:NTFS

I do not lose any data on D: Drive

Thanks for your help

Josh Berkus wrote:

>Eduardo,
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>>¿Does anybody has installed Postgres 8.0 on Windows using the MSI
>>Installer file that provides Postgresql Web Page using a FAT32 Partition?
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>Well, advice #1: Don't do this. Use an NTFS partition.
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>>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
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>>How can I fix it?
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>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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