Re: initdb failure on Windows 2003

what is the output when you run this in command line:

...\path\to\initdb.exe c:\testpgdata

?

2011/11/29 Mike Wylde <mwylde(at)thoughtworks(dot)com>:
> I’m trying to install Postgres 8.4.9.1 on a Windows 2003 SP2 64bit operating
> system. The download has installed previously (to a windows 7 box) so I know
> it should be OK but under W2003 the initdb command seems to be failing. It
> doesn’t return an error message but non of the actions are performed, the
> data directory remains empty.
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> Any ideas, or extra logging that I can switch on to try and tie this down. I
> can’t reproduce it on a W2003 box running the 32bit OS and getting hold of
> another 64 bit box is complicated.
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> The install log looks like:
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> Called CreateDirectory(D:\Mingle\PostgreSQL\8.4\data)...
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> Called CreateDirectory(D:\Mingle\PostgreSQL\8.4)...
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> WScript.Network initialized...
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> Called IsVistaOrNewer()...
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>     'winmgmts' object initialized...
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>     Version:5.2
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>     MajorVersion:5
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> Ensuring we can write to the data directory (using cacls):
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>     Executing batch file 'rad38351.bat'...
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>     Executing batch file 'rad38351.bat'...
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> Reading:    objConfFile is nothing...
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> Writing:    objConfFile is nothing...
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> We’ve also tried with 8.3 and 9.1 installers and get exactly the same
> result.
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> Any help of hints would be most appreciated.
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> Regards,
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> Mike Wylde
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