Thread: initdb:failed ; What is problem?

That error is because cygserver is not being found.  Make sure you
install the new cygserver package, just released for the first time
about a week ago, start it, and make sure the CYGWIN=server is in your
path.

On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 05:01, Çetin TAS wrote:
> Dear Sir(s),
>
> i downlaod cygwin from internet with Database Install Mode and install
> it.
> Then Execute cygwin.bat shell comand cygserver-config . execute
> cygserver and cygrunsvr as service on Windows 2000. Then write command
> initdb -D /var/postgresql/data and initdb:failed. as see follow error
> detail:
>
> $ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "cetin".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>
> creating directory /var/postgresql/data... ok
> creating directory /var/postgresql/data/base... ok
> creating directory /var/postgresql/data/global... ok
> creating directory /var/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /var/postgresql/data/pg_clog... ok
> selecting default max_connections... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 10
> selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> Signal 12
> 50
> creating configuration files... ok
> creating template1 database in /var/postgresql/data/base/1... Signal
> 12
>
> initdb: failed
> initdb: removing data directory "/var/postgresql/data"
>
>
> What can i do to solve this problem and to run cygwin database
> postgresql.
>
> Best Regards