Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster intialisation failed. - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 02:32:19PM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
>Bug reference:      15769
>Logged by:          Nick Anderson
>Email address:      nicholas.anderson@zurichna.com
>PostgreSQL version: 9.6.5
>Operating system:   Windows Server 2012 R2
>Description:
>
>When trying to install PostgreSQL 9.6.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 an error
>displays that says "Problem running post-install step. Installation may not
>complete correctly. The database cluster initialization failed."
>

There's not much we can do without additional info - we don't know what
exactly failed and why. Try digging in the windows system log, for
example. I believe there should be a log file from the installer in
%TEMP% so maybe there's more info in it.

regards

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