John DeSoi <desoi@pgedit.com> writes:
> On Feb 19, 2005, at 2:14 PM, S.D. wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the PostGreSQL Windows installer from another FTP site
>> but I still ended up with the same arcane error message when I tried
>> to install PostGreSQL 8.0.1 on W2K running inside Virtual PC 6
>> (Macintosh).
>
> Does Virtual PC 6 really emulate NTFS drives?
It emulates an IDE disk--the Microsoft NTFS driver runs on the virtual
machine and talks to the emulated disk.
> Just curious: why would you want to use Virtual PC/Windows rather than
> native PostgreSQL on OS X?
A very good question indeed. :)
-Doug
