Re: PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on WinXP

Hi Nix,
I'm using Postgres under WinXP Prof. It works properly and smoothly. I set
up postgres 7.3.2 from the binary cygwin distribution. It does the most of
the work but I aslo had to install cygipc-1.13-2 by hand to make it work.
Thats all. The only thing I could suggest you trying this way. It must work.
Do not forget to start ipc-daemon before starting postgres.
I hope it'll be useful.

Best Regards
-- Csaba

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikola Milutinovic" <Nikola(dot)Milutinovic(at)ev(dot)co(dot)yu>
To: "PostgreSQL general" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on WinXP

> Hi all.
>
> Maybe this has already been discussed, but here goes. I'm trying to run
PostgreSQL 7.3.1 on WinXP Professional. After some time I've learned that it
must be installed under C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL for Cygwin to work (my
default drive is D).
>
> 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 likely doesn't have IPC and that *that* procedure must be some sort of
"internal adapter" for different OSes. I'm also pretty sure 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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