The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 2359 Logged by: tao.shen Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.1.3 Operating system: winXP Description: silent Installer for Postgresql 8.1.3 ignores BASEDIR Details:
Silent Installer for Postgresql 8.1.3-1 ignores DATADIR and BASEDIR. Same cmd was used with PostgresQL 8.0 successful. cmd used to install: msiexec /i postgresql-8.1-int.msi /qr INTERNALLAUNCH=1 ADDLOCAL=server,psql DOSERVICE=1 DOINITDB=1 SERVICEDOMAIN=%COMPUTERNAME% SERVICEACCOUNT=testacct [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUPERUSER=postgres SUPERPASSWORD=testpassword LISTENPORT=5432 BASEDIR=c:\testdir\postgresDB DATADIR=c:\testdir\postgresDB\data Error reported: Failed to run initdb: 1! logfile in c:\porgram files\postgreSQL\8.1\tmp\initdb.log initdb: directory "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data" exists but is not empty If you want to create a new database system, either remove or empty the directory "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data" or run initdb with an argument other than "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data". ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
