From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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To: | Frank Featherlight <dirtydude(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Service not starting during install |
Date: | 2009-02-19 08:04:51 |
Message-ID: | 499D12A3.30600@archonet.com |
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Frank Featherlight wrote:
>
> When I finally found a way around this, I tried to start the service via
> Administrative Tools (Services), it gives the following error: "The
> PostgreSQL Database Server 8.3-service on Local Computer has been started
> and stopped. Some services stop automatically when they have nothing to do,
> like Performance Logs and Alerts-service. (translated from dutch)
What do PostgreSQL's logs say? It should be logging startup and shutdown
information somewhere. Find your postgresql.conf and it will tell you where.
Also, you said:
> This is a problem since the installation won't finalize without
> starting the service and so it cancels and uninstalls everything.
So, does that mean you did manage to install PG? What did you do
differently?
> I installed this package:
> http://rvgsoftware.fileburst.com/postgresql.zip
> Using postgresql-8.3.msi.
What is that package? Not got time to download 20GB, unzip it and
individually identify each file.
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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