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Bruce
07-13-2009, 11:12 PM
Following the PostgreSQL Installation Guide instructions to step 9, and before I get to step 10 I get back:
Data Directory error
The PostgresSQL data directory must be on an NTFS formatted voume.
If you wish to install the data directory on another typ of partition (which is not recommended, and is unsupported) you must initialize the database cluster manually by running initdb.exe

This is my laptop using Windows XP, and I'm not aware of any special formatting. I need specific instructions about what to do. I don't know what the message is talking about. Thanks.
Bruce

fozzy71
07-14-2009, 12:42 AM
You have 2 possibilities:
1. convert your partition to ntfs, which is the standard filesystem on actual PC systems: http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aumha.org%2Fwin5%2Fa%2Fntfscv t.php&ei=ag5BSsirBJLb-Qa-lIDFCA&usg=AFQjCNG90hK_WFmx4O46Qmmvt91mq7sauw&sig2=WuLoscRaBd4MFgty6hp6aA
or
2. Install postgresql on FAT. This is not the standard installation, see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_windows.html#2.4