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PostgreSQL 8.0
Installation Notes


Welcome to the PostgreSQL 8.0 Installation Wizard.

Before you begin
Please check the pginstaller FAQ athttp://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/FAQ_windows.html before you get started. If you experience any problems, please check it again. Also, make sure you have read through these installation notes completely.

Legal Bits
First the boring legalstuff. The software bundled together in this package is released under a number of different Open Source licences. By using any component of this installation package, you agree to abide by the termsand conditions of it’s licence.

The PostgreSQL Server and JDBC driver are released under a variant of the BSD Licence.

Npgsql is released under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, with TLSextensions included under the MIT licence.

psqlODBC is released under the GNU Lesser General Public Licence.

pgAdmin III is released under the Artistic Licence.

PostGIS is released under theGNU General Public License. Sourcecode is available from http://postgis.refractions.net.

Please see the documentation for each component for a copy of each licence.

Supported Operating SystemsPostgreSQL may be installed on Windows 2000, XP and 2003. At the time of writing it has not yet been tested on 64 bit versions of Windows. PostgreSQL will not run on Windows 95, 98 and ME. Please notethat whilst PostgreSQL will run on a server running Terminal Services, it must be installed from the system console.

Supported Filesystems
PostgreSQL’s data directory must be installed on an NTFSfilesystem to minimise the possibility of data loss in the event of a power failure or similar problem. FAT filesystems may not be used as they cannot provide either protection against corruption, orany security features. The software itself may be installed on any partition type.

Installation as a Service
In order to start PostgreSQL automatically at boot time, it must be installed as a...