Re: [GENERAL] Announce: PostgreSQL-6.5.3 binaries available forWindows NT

Robert wrote:

> Kevin Lo wrote:
>
> > Some people asked me to build PostgreSQL binaries for Windows NT.
> > The binaries(PostgreSQL-6.5.3) are now available at:
> >
> > ftp://203.79.167.135/pub/postgres-nt-binaries.tar.gz
>
> Hi,

Hi, Robert,

> I'm trying this on Win98 (cygwin b20.1): initdb creates template1 just
> fine (I had to run it as sh initdb), but whenever I try to run
> postgres.exe,
> it complains
>
> FATAL 1: Database system does not exist. PGDATA
> directory '/usr/local/pgsql/data' not found
>
> even if two minutes ago it worked and the directory is there of course.
> Some funny problem with mount? Any help will be greatly apreciated.

mount? You can't run psql server on Windows 98 platform. The PostgreSQL
doesn't generate pq.dll if you notice it.

> - Robert

- Kevin