# Acts\_as\_ferret issue on windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-issue-on-windows/131973>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-issue-on-windows/131973 "2008-03-14T20:24:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grayson)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-issue-on-windows/131973/1 "2008-03-14T20:24:18Z")

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I installed ferret-0.11.5-x86-mswin32 successfully but I’m having no  
luck with either the acts\_as\_ferret gem or the plugin.

The plugin installs clean but when I try to start the server I get the  
following:

D:\test\>ruby script\ferret\_server --debug start  
fork() function is unimplemented on this machine  
D:/test/vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/unix\_daemon.rb:41:in `fork' D:/test/vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/unix_daemon.rb:41:in`safefork’  
D:/test/vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/unix\_daemon.rb:11:in  
`platform\_daemon’

D:/test/vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/ferret\_server.rb:78:in `start' ./script/../vendor/plugins/acts_as_ferret/lib/server_manager.rb:53:in`send’  
./script/…/vendor/plugins/acts\_as\_ferret/lib/server\_manager.rb:53  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_re quire' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
script/ferret\_server:4

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**Author:** ![grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grayson)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-issue-on-windows/131973/2 "2008-03-16T11:14:02Z")

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Hi, Grayson

I am a newbie to ROR, and meeting the same problem, really scratch my  
head, do u have an idea of this issue now?

On 3ÔÂ15ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç3ʱ24·Ö, Grayson P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grayson)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-ferret-issue-on-windows/131973/3 "2008-06-03T09:38:04Z")

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I am having the same issue…did u get any success in resolving it?

On Mar 15, 12:24 am, Grayson P. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-