Hi Nix,
It sounds like you're trying to run the PostgreSQL "Proof of Concept" version, which is getting a bit out-of-date now.
Although it's a little bit more tedious to install, the proper cygwin version is what you really should be looking at
fornow.
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
Hope that helps.
Regards and best wishes,
Justin Clift
Nikola Milutinovic wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Maybe this has already been discussed, but here goes. I'm trying to run PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on WinXP Professional. After
sometime I've learned that it must be installed under C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL for Cygwin to work (my default drive
isD).
>
> When I run "initdb", it starts and when it reaches a point of creating "template1" DB, it - or should I say
postmaster- crashes, saying it failed initialising Semaphores in a procedure Ipc*******. Now, I know that Windows most
likelydoesn't have IPC and that *that* procedure must be some sort of "internal adapter" for different OSes. I'm also
prettysure it works on at least some other Windows OS, but I'd like to have it WinXP.
>
> Can anyone lend a hand, shed some light,...
>
> Nix.
>
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