Re: Manual installation of PostgreSQL 8

Quoting "Obe, Regina     DND\\\\MIS" <[email protected]>:

I experienced this problem, as I was trying to install on a remote server as
well.

Thanks for the tip.

> This may not be your problem, but thought I'd mention it since I had the
> problem installing on a remote windows server.
>
> If you are trying to install via Terminal services,  there is a documented
> issue that it can't do an init in regular mode.   You have to connect to the
> terminal services in console mode
>
> mstsc /console
>
> The below link has other known documented issues with installing on Windows.
> Probably good to go thru the list if you haven't already.
>
> http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/faq/FAQ_windows.html#3.1
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: frank church [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:51 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Manual installation of PostgreSQL 8
>
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> I have tried the pginstaller a number of times on my system and it always
> ends in failure.
>
> I have seen a setup file on the pgfoundry site that allows manual
> installation.
>
> Is there some documentation for it?
>
> I also sw some instructions for a silent installation - are they 2 options
> the same?
>
> I have been able to install cygwin postgresql a number of times, manually so
> I am sure I will be able to do the manual installation.
>
> I just need to be able to get past the initdb failure
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