Unfortunately, but no unexpectedly, I have been moderately stupid in
this question.
Using Bootcamp, the OS's are *not* running simultaneously. Hence, the
server, which is on the Mac is not running when Win is running. There
is the possibility for the Mac to *read* files in Win, but that is as
far as the cross-talk goes. Win does not know that Mac exists.
That is Bootcamp.
There are other solutions, Parallels is one, that permit Win and Mac
to run simultaneously. Win in that case is a virtual machine. In
that case the two "OS's" talk to each other. But it is still a cludgy
environment, and I don't want to spend the money on another Win OEM OS.
Sorry to have not really done my homework on this question, and thank
you for your suggestions. Clearly, TCP/IP would work...if the Mac
were running at the same time.
As a footnote, given the entirely different virus susceptibilities of
the two systems, it is probably better to run a separate server and
data file(s) on each machine.
John
On Mar 30, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:57 PM, John Gage <jsmgage@numericable.fr>
> wrote:
>> I just wondered if I could access the same 8.4.2 server from the
>> Windows
>> partition (XP via "Bootcamp") as I do from the Mac partition on my
>> Mac?
>
> Assuming both virtual machines (or the virtual machine and the host)
> are up at the same time, it's more of a networking issue that anything
> else. As long as the pg_hba.conf and postgresql.conf files have
> entries allowing outside machines to connect via TCP/IP you should be
> able to just point your windows partition over to the IP of the Mac
> partition and be set.
