"Michaele Holtman" <michaele_holtman(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> I am trying to use postgres with the CYGWIN binaries for WIN/2000. I start=
> ed initdb with '--debug' and it got as far as
> postgres -boot -x! -C -F -DDatabase -d template1
> and then just sat there with 'postgres' consuming CPU, but not appearing to=
> do anything.
This is reportedly what happens if you haven't installed/started
"cygipc" first. Please see our installation instructions for Windows.
regards, tom lane