Tobias Storm wrote: > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 4826 > Logged by: Tobias Storm > Email address: tobias_st...@ofir.dk > PostgreSQL version: postgresql-8.3 > Operating system: Windows XP Home Edition > Description: Cannot install Postgresql > Details: > > When I am trying to install PostgreSQL I get an error message which say: > (Due to this I am not able to install PostgreSQL) > > Failed to run initdb: 1! > Please see the logfile in: C/Programmer/....... > > When I go to the logfile it says: > > The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user SYSTEM. > This user must also own the server process. > > The database cluster will be initialized with locale Danish_Denmark.1252. > The default text search configuration will be set to danish. > > creating directory CProgrammerPostgreSQL8.3data ... initdb could not create > directory CProgrammerPostgreSQL File exists > > > Can you tell me how I can solve this problem?
It sounds like you set the data directory to the same directory as the PostgreSQL install directory. That won't work. Specify a subdirectory of the install directory if you must have it in there. -- Craig Ringer -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
