Re: 8.2beta1 installation fails

> I ran msi installation package downloaded from postgresql.org
> from remote desktop.
> I selected Estonian locale, UTF-8 database encoding.
>
> After that I got error
>
> Failed to run initdb: !128
> Please see the logfile in 'C:\program
> Files\PostgreSQL\8.2beta1\tmp\initdb.log'.
> Note! You must read/copy this logfile before yuo click OK, or
> it will be automatically removed.
>
> (This message is handwritten and may contains some typos
> since Ctrl+C does not work in error message box).
>
> I leaved the message box in screen and looked into
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2beta1\tmp directory.
> This directory was empty.
>
> How to install 8.2 from msi file with cluster initialization ?

When this happens, can you run initdb manually? I mean while the error
message is up there? Just to show where the problem is.

Also, does it work if you pick a different locale/encoding? (it really
shouldn't make this kind of error, but worth checking)

//Magnus