Re: Installing PostgreSQL fails - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Hello Lou,<br /><br /> much thanks for you tip !!!<br /> I found on the web the tool DLL-Files Fixer. This installed
myLIBEAX32.dll and i was able to do a reinstall of PostgreSQL 8.2.1. <br /> But now i have a last problem related to
PostgreSQL:<br/> To keep my databases, i made a copy of the hole PostgreSQL-Folder before reinstallation
(PostgtreSQL-Serverservice was not running).<br /><ul><li>I cleared the folder <b>data</b>, because the PostgreSQL
installationadviced me to do.<li>I installed PostgreSQL 8.2.1<li>After installation PostgtreSQL-Server service was
runningand i could start PGAdminIII.<li>I stopped the PostgtreSQL-Server service <li>I restored the backup of the
folder<b>data </b>(to get my databases back)<li>But starting now PostgtreSQL-Server service does not work anymore. I
getan error message after a while (Error 1053)</ul> Do you have any tips how i can get my databases back ?<br /><br />
Thanksfor your assistance,<br /> Josef Springer<br /><br /> On 27.02.2015 17:12, Lou Picciano wrote: <blockquote
cite="mid:1469279821.239990.1425053551214.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net"type="cite"><div style="font-family: Verdana;
font-size:12pt; color: rgb(0,       0, 0);"><div>Josef,<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Though my German is weak(!),
you'regetting a sort of non-PostgreSQL error message there. LIBEAY32.DLL is part of the DLL dependency chain required
forPostgreSQL's SSL support. (This DLL may have been the file damaged by your drive sector errors?) You may be able to
solveyour problems simply by replacing this file...</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, if you need to recover data -
andif you can be assured of a secure, perhaps local-only(?) client connection to your cluster: Would be to turn off SSL
inpostgresql.conf. Of course, you'd want to also restrict access to the cluster with the data thus
exposed.</div><div><br/></div><div>But it sounds like you don't have any fundamental problem with PostgreSQL itself;
justwith SSL.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lou Picciano</div><div><br /></div><hr id="zwchr" /><div style="color: rgb(0,
0,0); font-weight: normal;         font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family:
Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Josef Springer" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:Josef.Springer@joops.com"><Josef.Springer@joops.com></a><br/><b>To: </b>"pgsql-admin" <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"href="mailto:pgsql-admin@postgresql.org"><pgsql-admin@postgresql.org></a><br
/><b>Sent:</b>Friday, February 27, 2015 7:02:07 AM<br /><b>Subject: </b>[ADMIN] Installing PostgreSQL fails<br
/><div><br/></div> Hello everybody,<br /><br /> Windows-Vista 32Bit, PostgreSQL 8.2.1<br /><br /> After the reparation
ofa bad sector on the disk, the PostgreSQL-Server did not start anymore.<br /> I decided to reinstall 8.2.1.<br /> The
installersays "LIBEAY32.DLL konnte nicht geladen werden: 193. Das Installationsprogramm kann nicht auf eine passende
bereitsinstallierte OpenSLL.Version prüfen"<br /> I must use my existing databases (folder data) !<br /><br /> Can
anybodyhelp me ?<br /><div class="moz-signature"></div></div></div></blockquote><p>Thanks for assistance,<br /> Josef
Springer<br/><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div class="moz-signature"><br /></div>