Re: Database Cluster Initialisation Failed" error during PostgreSQL install

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: "Padmanabha, Shruthi (UMKC-Student)" <spbhf(at)mail(dot)umkc(dot)edu>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Database Cluster Initialisation Failed" error during PostgreSQL install
Date: 2010-09-27 18:19:10
Message-ID: AANLkTikyOT0bk-pDiUCs=GqUnN53LyR5R8GEfULzBz+O@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:59 PM, Padmanabha, Shruthi (UMKC-Student)
<spbhf(at)mail(dot)umkc(dot)edu> wrote:
> Hello Dave,
>
> I was trying to install PostgreSQl 8.4.4-1 on my Windows 64bit Vista machine. The machine does not have Microsoft Visual C++ installed on it . I did not find any log file C:\Users\SHRUTH~1\AppData\Local\Temp
> I have also attached a screen shot of my error message and inspite of the error I have a folder PostgreSQL in
> C:\Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL as a result of my intallation. Please can you help me out with this.

The logfile may have a name starting bitrock_, if the installer didn't
get a chance to rename it to install-postgresql.log. Without it,
there's not really anything I can suggest.

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