You are missing Windows XP or NT...
See
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00060.html
Project co-leader works on this.
I installed Cygwin without PostgreSQL using setup.exe. Then I install
postgresql 7.4.2 available in the packages from Cygwin. : This works
seems
to works fine.
Attention : Installation directory are not the same than with the 7.4.3
version.
A DAVID
On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 02:37, Mos wrote:
> Hi everybody !
>
> I try to install Cygwin and PostgreSQL to test a soft, following the various
> read-me and docs available on the web.
>
> All is fine until i try to initialize the database :
>
> ---------------
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
> selecting default max_connections... 10
> selecting default shared_buffers... 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... FATAL:
> shmat<id=
> 1179648> failed: Invalid argument
>
> initdb: failed
> $
> ---------
>
> I look for answer in the previous thread, but nothing help me.
>
> Config :
> Windows 98
> PostgreSQL 7.4.3
> Cygwin 1.5.10-3
> (from setup.exe from cygwin.com)
>
> What I have missing ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mos
>
>
>
>
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