I downloaded the PostGreSQL Windows installer from another FTP site but I still
ended up with the same arcane error message when I tried to install PostGreSQL
8.0.1 on W2K running inside Virtual PC 6 (Macintosh).
I then ran the installer on a "real" computer (Athlon 1900 running W2K) and the
i
I downloaded the native Windows 8.0.1 installer and sorted through the various
Windows permissions problems by running the Installer as an admin but not
creating a cluster. Then I log out and log back in as the limited "postgres"
user and run initdb.exe from the command line. Initdb creates the
Tom suggested:
> You seem to have a miscompiled backend. Where did you get the
> installer from? Maybe a bad download?
I snagged the non-Japanese version from:
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/win32/
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