[postgis-users] cygwin installer : how to change data directo ry

[Martel, Christian]

Instead of recompiling the installer, I choose to edit the registry key.
After the initdb, I started the postmaster service (with new parameters) and
it worked. Note : I also had to convert the data drive to NTFS.

Christian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steffen Macke [mailto:sdteffen at web.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 March, 2004 00:22
> To: PostGIS Users Discussion
> Subject: Re: [postgis-users] cygwin installer : how to change data
> directory
> 
> 
[...]
> 
> Are your referring to the Cygwin PostGIS installer from 
> http://dcmms.sourceforge.net?
> I haven't thought about adding the possibility to change the
> data directory, but this should be relatively easy.
> 
> I've added RFE #913282 in order not to forget about this 
> issuefor - see
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=91328
> 2&group_id=76364&atid=546883
> 
> However, this will take some time as we're very busy right now.
> 
> For the time being, you could have a look at the installer 
> sources and 
> adjust the path in the related shell script and recompile the 
> installer.
> 
> Steffen
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