I am trying to install PostgreSQL 8.0.3 on WinXP SP2 using the Installer. Before the file copying phase of the setup is finished, I am always getting this error: ============================================================= Failed to run initdb: 1! Please see the logfile in 'C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\tmp\initdb.log'. Note! You must read/copy this logfile before you click OK, or it will be automatically removed. The contents of the above logfile are: ============================================================= The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "PostgreSQL". This user must also own the server process. The database cluster will be initialized with locale C. fixing permissions on existing directory D:/DBASES ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/global ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/pg_xlog ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/pg_clog ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/pg_subtrans ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/base ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/base/1 ... ok creating directory D:/DBASES/pg_tblspc ... ok selecting default max_connections ... 100 selecting default shared_buffers ... 1000 creating configuration files ... ok creating template1 database in D:/DBASES/base/1 ... initdb: could not execute command ""C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/bin/postgres.exe" -boot -x1 -F template1": Invalid argument initdb: removing contents of data directory "D:/DBASES" Can anybody please help me overcome this problem? Thanks in advance for your time. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
