Re: problems with postgresql.msi (installing 8.0.2)

Well, go figure.  When I went to download the Win32 version of 8.0.2
without installer (and remember, I'd downloaded the installer version
of 8.0.2 twice already, including uninstalling McAfee before the 2nd
time, etc.), I saw that 8.0.3 was out, so I thought, "what the heck?"
and grabbed that one with the MS Installer (postgresql.msi).

Installed just fine.  Went back to 8.0.2, same problem; back to 8.0.3
and it installs fine.

So, if anyone finds this thread in the archives and is having problems
like I was I'd say it was a loose bit in the installer and just try a
newer (or older) version, perhaps, for a different memory footprint
that may fix the problem?

Anyway, thanks for your suggestions, Magnus... and I'm now a happy
camper with 8.0.3 installed on my Windows XP, SP2 platform.

Cheers,
Brad

-----Original Message-----
From: Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net>
To: postgresql.org@likethesky.com; Sent: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:07:55 +0200
Subject: RE: [NOVICE] problems with postgresql.msi (installing 8.0.2)

> >Try copying your MSI files to c:\temp and install from
> there. Sometimes
> >MSI can lose track of what drives are available, but c:\temp
> should fit
> >in any and all buffers.
>
> I tried that, but have the same problem.  I see a couple of
> places in the log file where the problem might be occurring:
>
> Here:
> MSI (c) (00:E4) [11:03:54:764]: Package to be registered:
> 'postgresql-8.0-int.msi'
> MSI (c) (00:E4) [11:03:54:764]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error
> MSI (c) (00:E4) [11:03:54:764]: Note: 1: 2729
>
> Or, farther along, here:
> Action start 11:03:55: Welcome_Dialog.
> MSI (c) (00:5C) [11:03:55:555]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error
> MSI (c) (00:5C) [11:03:55:555]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4:
> SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2898 Info 2898.
> MSSansSerif8, MS Sans Serif, 0 MSI (c) (00:5C)
> [11:03:55:555]: Note: 1: 2205 2:  3: Error MSI (c) (00:5C)
> [11:03:55:555]: Note: 1: 2228 2:  3: Error 4: SELECT
> `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2826

No, this is quite normal, and it's not really an error. It's a matter of
the bitmap image not being perfectly aligned on all screen resolutions.

> However, assuming that this will take a while for you to
> diagnose and/or fix, can you just send me some step-by-step
> instructions and a zip file with the Win32 executables, etc.
> (for 8.0.2) in it, so I can manually install the right
> pieces, add the non-admin user account, etc.?  If you tell me
> what to do, I should be able to manually install it as a
> service running on XP, no?

There is the -no-installer ZIP file available on the ftp site. You can
use that one - just unzip it in for example c:\program file\postgresql -
and then follow the unix guidelines for how to run initdb, and you
should be all set. To run it as a service, use pg_ctl register (see the
pg_ctl documentation). But if you do it manually, try starting it
interactive instead of service first (follow the unix guidelines and
replace with windows paths as necessary). When doing this (and initdb)
remember to be logged in as the non-admin user.


//Magnus