[Info-ingres] Mad crazy hackery

[Roy Hann]

Roy Hann wrote:

> Is it possible, in principle, to install Ingres "manually" on Windows? 
>
> The machine I'm looking at seems to have an unwell Windows Installer
> Service and I can't find anyone here who knows that particular
> witchcraft. (It won't even install WinZIP, never mind Ingres.
> msiexec.exe just sits there consuming CPU time.)
>
> If there's a way to manhandle Ingres onto the machine I am willing.

Someone who can be trusted has made a suggestion, and it was
approximately what I was thinking. 

Unfortunately it's just the crazy kind of hackery I was worried it might
be, so it's a non-starter on this system.

But thanks to all for entertaining my question.

Roy