Re: initdb takes forever! - Mailing list pgsql-cygwin

From Jason Tishler
Subject Re: initdb takes forever!
Date
Msg-id 20010531100013.A217@dothill.com
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In response to Re: initdb takes forever!  (s0lao@netscape.net (S. L.))
List pgsql-cygwin
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:33:21AM -0400, S. L. wrote:
> "Russell Black" <rblack@iarchives.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Fixing permissions on existing directory a
> > Creating directory a/base
> > Creating directory a/global
> > Creating directory a/pg_xlog
> > Creating template1 database in a/base/1
> >
> > It gets this far and then sits there and takes up all my CPU with virtually no disk activity, seemingly
indefinately! How long should creating template1 take?  I've been waiting for about 15 minutes so far 
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Russ
>
> This situation often happens because either you didn't run ipc-daemon before initdb, or because your ipc-daemon isn't
functional.

The 100% CPU indicates that Russell forgot to start ipc-daemon and/or
install cygipc.

Jason

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