FW: Unable to install PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003 SP2

Started by Williamalmost 16 years ago2 messages
#1William
whairs01@hotmail.com
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Hello Pqsql-hacker,

I have tried everything and ask many but cannot get my Installation of your
PostgreSQL 8.4.1.1 to install. I following all the steps exactly but I
cannot get the PostgresSQL to install on my Windows Server 2003 Datacenter
Edition SP2. Is there a problem in installing the PostgreSQL on this version
of Windows which is Hosted at a Host Provider. if not why will it not
install. I have tried everything but will not install. That is why I am here
asking you hoping you can get me past this. Following is the installer log
files that shows everything that went on during the install. I need to know
from you what I need to do exactly to fixed the problem in get this to
install on my server that is hosted are a Host provider. No one have being
able to help. I need an answer ASAP if possible

The server is a VPS server with the following configuration: (is this
support or is the problem)
* OS: Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP2
* CPU: 2.5Hz. Xeon
* Ram: 4GB
* HD: 100GB
* Control Panel: Plesk 9.3

I really need your help to get pass this. This system is at a Hosting
Company which I Remote Logon to it to install the PostgreSQL. Is there a
problem during it this way. Need your respond ASAP.

Regards,

William Hairston - Partner/CIO
2Continents, LLC
Office: 510-342-5900 (USA),
Office: (+86)021-5306-3065 (China)
Mobile: (+86)131-2233-4698

Attachments:

bitrock_installer.logapplication/octet-stream; name=bitrock_installer.logDownload
install-postgresql.logapplication/octet-stream; name=install-postgresql.logDownload
#2Dave Page
dpage@pgadmin.org
In reply to: William (#1)
Re: FW: Unable to install PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003 SP2

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:57 PM, William <whairs01@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello Pqsql-hacker,

This isn't a question for -hackers. Please use the general list in future.

I have tried everything and ask many but cannot get my Installation of your
PostgreSQL 8.4.1.1 to install. I following all the steps exactly but I
cannot get the  PostgresSQL to install on my Windows Server 2003 Datacenter
Edition SP2. Is there a problem in installing the PostgreSQL on this version
of Windows which is Hosted at a Host Provider.

That depends if the hosting provider has setup things oddly in any
way. It should certainly work on a standard installation of 2K3
Datacenter.

Unfortunately you've fallen over a weird issue with one of the
Microsoft tools that crops up very occasionally, and we've yet to find
the cause (or even be able to recreate it) :-(. The pertinent part of
the log is this:

----
Granting service account access to the data directory (using cacls):
processed dir: D:\APPS\PostgreSQL\8.4\data
The data is invalid.

Failed to grant service account access to the data directory
(D:\APPS\PostgreSQL\8.4\data)
----

Notice the rather unhelpful 'The data is invalid' error, returned by cacls.exe.

My first suggestion would be to run a disk check (no need for a sector
scan) on your D drive. If the problem is being caused by a damaged ACL
on a parent directory, that should clean it up. If that doesn't work,
please send the output from the following commands:

cacls D:\APPS\PostgreSQL\8.4\data
cacls D:\APPS\PostgreSQL\8.4
cacls D:\APPS\PostgreSQL
cacls D:\APPS
cacls D:\

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