# Getting error when i am starting the ferret

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-error-when-i-am-starting-the-ferret/156312>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [December 24, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-error-when-i-am-starting-the-ferret/156312 "2008-12-24T10:45:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![sasikumar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@sasikumar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sasikumar)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-error-when-i-am-starting-the-ferret/156312/1 "2008-12-24T10:45:01Z")

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C:\ruby\college\_info\>ruby script/ferret\_server start --debug  
syntax error on line 13, col 1: `aaf won't try to use the DRb server in environments that are not ' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in`load’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts_as_ferret-0.4.3/lib/ferret_server.rb:26:in`initialize’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts\_as\_ferret-0.4.3/lib/ferret\_server.rb:65:in  
`new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts_as_ferret-0.4.3/lib/ferret_server.rb:65:in`initialize’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts\_as\_ferret-0.4.3/lib/server\_manager.rb:42:in  
`new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/acts_as_ferret-0.4.3/lib/server_manager.rb:42 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in`gem\_original\_require’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`require’  
script/ferret\_server:9