I've got Postgres running on colinux which works well under windows
XP, not sure how it will do under windows '98.
(Not very well, according to this:
http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q11._Is_it_possible_to_run_coLinux_under_98.2FME.3F
)
2009/5/14 Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>:
> Well, the perhaps more generous answer is "try cygwin" - there's a
> PostgreSQL package for it and it appears to be 8.2.9 (which isn't too old
> although see if there's the latest 8.2 available).
>
> However, assuming anyone running Windows 98 is doing so on hardware from
> 2000 or earlier, you've probably got at best 256MB of RAM and an aging disk
> too. It's going to be slow, and when the hardware goes wrong you're probably
> going to get database corruption. You might well get it when Windows crashes
> too.
>
> If you do get things running, you'll want to tune the database quite
> carefully to avoid bringing the system to a halt with one big query. You'll
> also want to ensure backups are taken on a regular basis.
>
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> Richard Huxton
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