Re: InitDB 8.3.7 fails on Windows - Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: "Abraham, Danny" <danny_abraham(at)bmc(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: InitDB 8.3.7 fails on Windows - Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx
Date: 2009-08-04 15:02:32
Message-ID: 9837222c0908040802p167c62c2nee3a9fc2344eb819@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 16:48, Abraham, Danny<danny_abraham(at)bmc(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> InitDB of 8.3.7 fails.
> Windows XP.
> Compiled with VC2008, SP1

Please note that VC2008 is not a supported build environment for the
backend. you need to get VC2005.

> creating template1 database in ...
>
> 2009-08-04 11:46:53.954 GMTFATAL:  could not create shared memory segment: 8
> 2009-08-04 11:46:53.970 GMTDETAIL:  Failed system call was MapViewOfFileEx.

That's "not enough storage is available". Kind of sounds as if you
were running out of address space. Three questions:
1) Anything modified at all in the source or share files, like
postgresql.conf.sample?
2) Any antivirus software on the machine?
3) Any chance you're simply out of memory? :-)

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