| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Jeffrey Ottery <jeffrey(dot)ottery(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Installing Postgresql on Windows XP embedded |
| Date: | 2010-03-15 19:47:15 |
| Message-ID: | 9837222c1003151247k57acef44sdc943675a4f51c75@mail.gmail.com |
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On Monday, March 15, 2010, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:
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> Windows XP Embedded is not a tested or supported platform for
> PostgreSQL. I have no idea if it will work or not.
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> As it turns out I have succeeded, So pg seems to work OK on Windows
> Embedded
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> indeed, XP Embedded (or whatever its called now, Windows Embedded 2007 or something), should work just fine. its exactly the same kernel and libraries and everything as regular Windows XP, just packaged differently, setup so the OEM can build a totally customized platform with it. A good choice for things like Kiosks, turnkey embedded systems, etc.
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I could swear I've seen cases where xp embedded failed because it was
missing a bunch of security api's. Is it like ce where such things can
be removed by an oem manufacturer?
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