The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2378
Logged by:
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.1.1
Operating system: windown XP, sp2
Description: installtation fail with error in Runinitdb
Details:
I follow the document of installation to install postgre database. The error
message in log file is listed below. This problem is repeatable. Any advice
to solve it?
Thanks for any help!
Wei
1. messages in install log file:
MSI (s) (4C:74): Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=SetPermissions,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryData
,[EMAIL PROTECTED],CustomActionData=1033;D:\PostgreSQL\8.1\;D:\Postgre
SQL\8.1\data\;MECHINE1;postgres;passwprd)
MSI (s) (4C:74): Creating MSIHANDLE (2) of type 790536 for thread 3188
MSI (s) (4C:74): Executing op:
ActionStart(Name=RunInitdb,Description=Initializing database cluster (this
may take a minute or two)...,)
Action 15:19:44: RunInitdb. Initializing database cluster (this may take a
minute or two)...
MSI (s) (4C:74): Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=RunInitdb,ActionType=1025,Source=BinaryData,Targ
[EMAIL PROTECTED],CustomActionData=1033;D:\PostgreSQL\8.1\;D:\PostgreSQL\8.1\da
ta\;D:\PostgreSQL\8.1\share\;5432;;C;SQL_ASCII;postgres;password;MECHINE1
;postgres;password;)
MSI (s) (4C:74): Creating MSIHANDLE (3) of type 790536 for thread 3188
DEBUG: Error 2888: Executing the TextStyle view failed
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.
This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2888. The
arguments are: TextStyle, ,
DEBUG: Error 2867: The error dialog property is not set
The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package.
This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2867. The
arguments are: , ,
2. error message in runinitdb.log
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.
The database cluster will be initialized with locale English_United States.
fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/global ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_xlog ... ok
creating directory C:/Program
Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_xlog/archive_status ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_clog ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_subtrans ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_twophase ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_multixact/members
... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_multixact/offsets
... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base/1 ... ok
creating directory C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/pg_tblspc ... ok
selecting default max_connections ... 100
selecting default shared_buffers ... 1000
creating configuration files ... ok
creating template1 database in C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.1/data/base/1
... initdb: could not execute command ""D:/PostgreSQL/8.1/bin/postgres.exe"
-boot -x1 -F template1": Invalid argument
initdb: removing contents of data directory "D:/PostgreSQL/8.1/data"
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