Re: [NOVICE] Windows 2K Installation difficulties...

Neil Bibbins wrote:
> I'm logging in directly on the machine. The installation gets most of
> the way through, chokes, and rolls the whole thing back. I've tried
> altering permissions, but the PostgreSQL installer creates new
> accounts regardless with just user permissions. It's a mystery. Hmmm...
>
>
>
> On 1/25/07, *Oisin Glynn* <me(at)oisinglynn(dot)com
> <mailto:me(at)oisinglynn(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> Neil Bibbins wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm having difficulty installing PostgreSQL 8.2 on Windows 2000. It
> > gets most of the way through the installation and fails (I think)
> > after trying to initialize the database. The log message is:
> >
> > The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> >
> > fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program
> > Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/data ... ok
> > creating subdirectories ... ok
> > selecting default max_connections ... 10
> > selecting default shared_buffers/max_fsm_pages ... 400kB/20000
> > creating configuration files ... ok
> > creating template1 database in C:/Program
> > Files/PostgreSQL/8.2/data/base/1 ... Bad command or file name
> > could not write to child process: Invalid argument
> > Initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program
> > Files/PostgreSQL/8.2.data
> >
> > I have removed all virus software, although I hope to reinstall it
> > after installation. (Can PostgresSQL really not run as an
> application
> > with virus protection installed? Ouch...)
> >
> > I have tried deselecting the initialization box and initializing
> > afterward, but this also doesn't work. Possibly I'm using the
> wrong
> > command, which is one that I found from a post from Magnus several
> > years ago.
> >
> > I have installed Cygwin, but this also didn't help.
> >
> > Can anyone assist? I've done many forum searches but nothing
> seems to
> > work. I don't think I'm attempting the impossible!
> >
> > Thanks for any insight. Much appreciated.
> I am running on XP, 2k and 2k3 with various different VirusScanners
> without seeing issues (Symantec, AVG) Though 8.1.X not 8.2
> Might you be hitting some permissions error on the folder/drive?
> Are you logged on remotely (RDP?) or directly on the machine?
>
> Oisin
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Make sure to copy the list on your responses and in general people
prefer to reply at the bottom so someone who looks at this afresh can
read it in order going down. Not sure if anyone else has any suggestions?

Oisin