Re: Windows x86-64 One-Click Install (9.1.2-1, 9.0.6-1) hangs on "initialising the database cluster" (with work-around)

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:36 AM, Eric Borts <eborts(at)bltek(dot)com> wrote:
> Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, SP 1
> Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00 GHz
> Local machine authentication (no network-based login)
>
> Installation of the 9.1.2-1 and 9.0.6-1 hangs on "initialising the database
> cluster". Process has 0 CPU. In all scenarios left process run for at least
> 5 minutes up to an hour.
>
> Tried various configurations, and I'll attempt to list them here
> Config 1
>     Locale = Default
>     Install to = C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.1
>     Data Dir = D:\postgres\9.1\data
>     Created new postgres user as part of the installer
>     Hung at "initialising the database cluster"
>
> Config 2
>     Locale = Default
>     Install to = C:\PostgreSQL\9.1
>     Data Dir = D:\postgres\9.1\data
>     postgres user already created in Config 1 step
>     Hung at "initialising the database cluster"
>
> Config 3
>     Added "FULL" permissions to D:\postgres; C:\PostgreSQL; (recursive) for
> postgres user
>     Hung at "initialising the database cluster"
>
> Config 4
>     Locale = English, United States
>     Hung at "initialising the database cluster"
>
>
>
> After some experimentation (sorry, can't help this as a software
> developer!), I was able to reproduce the problem with this set of scripts.
> The original file where the execution hangs is:
>
>     initicluster.vbs line 117
>     Function DoCMd(strCmd)
>         ...
>         DoCmd = objShell.Run(objTempFolder.Path & "\" & strBatchFile, 0,
> True)
>         ...
>     End Function
>
> [sayhi.bat]
> echo Hello World > _hello.txt
>
> [test.vbs]
> Dim objShell
> Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
>
> ' original script as window style (param 2) set to 0 to hide the command
> prompt
> ' setting window style to "1" here shows that the cmd prompt is not
> executing the batch file
> objShell.Run "sayhi.bat", 1, True
>
> ---------------------
> Run the above command in an Administrator command prompt with:
>     cscript test.vbs
>
> Program will hangs, does not generate the _hello.txt file
>
> I was not able to discover any permissions that prevented a batch file from
> being run directly by wscript, but I did find two changes that made this
> work:
> ---------------------
> [test.vbs]
> ' Reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692837.aspx
>
> ' SOLUTION 1: Launch cmd.exe instead of launching the batch file directly
> objShell.Run "%COMSPEC% /c sayhi.bat", 1, True
>
> ' SOLUTION 2: Use Shell.Exec instead of Shell.Run
> objShell.Exec "sayhi.bat > _exec.txt"
> ---------------------
>
> After discovering these changes:
> 1. opened initcluster.vbs in Komodo Edit 6.1
> 2. modified line ~113 to:
>
>     DoCmd = objShell.Run("%COMSPEC% /c " & objTempFolder.Path & "\" &
> strBatchFile, 0, True)
>
> 3. canceled the hung postgres install
>     -- this deleted the initcluster.vbs
> 4. save initcluster.vbs and marked as read-only
> 5. re-run the install
> 6. watch for initcluster.vbs date to change during installation unpacking
> 7. save initcluster.vbs when date on file changes
>
> At this point the data directory is created properly and the installation
> progresses beyond  "initialising the database cluster" but is now hung on
> "Configuring database server startup"
>
> 8. searched for ".Run" in all .vbs files
> 9. found matching line in startupcfg.vbs and loadmodules.vbs
> 10. modified startupcfg.vbs line 42
>
>     DoCmd = objShell.Run("%COMSPEC% /c " & objTempFolder.Path & "\" &
> strBatchFile, 0, True)
>
> 11. modified loadmodules.vbs line 47
>
>     DoCmd = objShell.Run("%COMSPEC% /c " & objTempFolder.Path & "\" &
> strBatchFile, 0, True)
>
> 12. delete old data directory
> 13. repeat steps 1-7, then jump to 14
> 14. save startupcfg.vbs and loadmodules.vbs (immediately after
> initcluster.vbs has been re-saved)
>
> Install runs through completely and successfully.
>
> Attached is a zip of the 3 .vbs files modified (renamed to ._vbs to avoid
> firewall problems).

Dharmendra, can you look into this please?

Eric, is there anything unusual about the configuration of your
machine? Suffice it to say, this doesn't normally happen.

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