Re: Workaround for bug #4608? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Rainer Bauer
Subject Re: Workaround for bug #4608?
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Msg-id vmcuu4du974cabbcnl0sjlqj8b59k1oh4l@4ax.com
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In response to Workaround for bug #4608?  (Robert Campbell <rrc7cz@gmail.com>)
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Robert Campbell wrote:

>Okay here's where things get strange. I ran initdb and got this error:
>
>--------
>C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>initdb -D "C:\Program
>Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data"
>The files belonging to this data... <text here>
>
>initdb: could not access directory "C:/Program
>Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data": No such file or directory

Is this a typo or have you tried to install PostgreSQL twice, because upthread
you wrote:

>"postgres cannot access the server configuration file "E:/Program
>Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory"
>
>"pg_ctl: PID file "E:/Program
>Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postmaster.pid" does not exist"

Notice that one it's on drive C: and one on drive E:

Rainer

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