| From: | Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org> |
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| To: | John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> |
| Cc: | sdownie(at)myway(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PGSQL 8.0.1 Win 2K Installation Problem |
| Date: | 2005-02-20 01:29:01 |
| Message-ID: | 87acq0m336.fsf@asmodeus.mcnaught.org |
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John DeSoi <desoi(at)pgedit(dot)com> writes:
> On Feb 19, 2005, at 2:14 PM, S.D. wrote:
>
>> 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).
>
> Does Virtual PC 6 really emulate NTFS drives?
It emulates an IDE disk--the Microsoft NTFS driver runs on the virtual
machine and talks to the emulated disk.
> Just curious: why would you want to use Virtual PC/Windows rather than
> native PostgreSQL on OS X?
A very good question indeed. :)
-Doug
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