i tape this before the other command
$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
and i have this
creating ....... etc
success you can now start the database server using ...
At 11:11 06/09/02, you wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Florian Litot [mailto:flitot@besancon.sema.slb.com]
> > Sent: 06 September 2002 10:07
> > To: pgsql-cygwin@postgresql.org
> > Subject: [CYGWIN] pb on installation
> >
> >
> > when i tape this command :
> > $ postmaster -D /usr/share/postgresql/data &
> > i have got this error why?
> >
> > FATAL 1 : File /usr/share/postgresql/data/PG_VERSION is
> > missing. This is
> > not a valid directory
> >
>
>It sound slike you need to run initdb first.
>
>Regards, Dave.