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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:03:06 -0500
From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
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To: "ON.KG" <skyer@on.kg>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL on Guest Host (VMWare)
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On 11/15/2004 5:05 PM, ON.KG wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Description:
> VMware 4.0
> Main host is WinXP Pro (on FAT32)
> and Guest Host is WinXP Pro (on NTFS)

I hope you're running the guest with fully preallocated virtual disks. 
Any FAT inconsistency caused by a system crash could destroy your entire 
guest otherwise.

> 
> On Guest Host - PostgreSQL 8.0-beta2-dev3
> 
>>From Main host i'm trying to connect to PostgreSQL to Guest host
> But as a result i'm receiving next message:
> 
> Connection Refused (0x0000274D/10061)
> Is the server running on host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and accepting TCP/IP
> connections on port 5432? 
> 
> Tell me please, what is the problem?

Windows XP has some basic firewall functionality. Could it be that this 
is blocking inbound access on the Guest side?


Jan