Re: hi problem with installing postgresql8.1

Firstly, the existence of the Path would be there from previous
installation, of which PG thinks data is already present.
Secondly you should have logged in as another user and not administrator,
e.g postgres which can be even a part of domain.

Luckys

Data directory error:
The specified data directory is not empty

If you have an existing database with teh same major version number,you
do not need to initialise a database cluster.
If you have an existing database with the same major version you need to
backup your old database and create a new one.

why this warning actually arises.If I install by unchecking the
initialise database cluster then the next three steps of installation
procedure is not shown.It goes directly installation and starts installation
after some time a fatal error arises saying accont not
matching....................
and rolls back.i have tried it with lots of account names and lot of
super user names.The steps i was talking about are as per the given link.

http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org

Can any one give the solution to this problem.Please suggest solution to
overcome this problem ASAP.

Thanks in advance,
Venu.