Thread: Error In PostgreSQL Server Starting

  Respected Sir,
I want to use postgreSQL database in windows for application.
I have downloaded installation of cygwin setup from mirror site.
And install on Windows 2000. after this i create postgres user account then login using postgres user.
but i was unable to start postgresql server

Error in

1... ipc-daemon &

2... initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
signal 12
fail ...

3... postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
fatal error

so
Please send me solution in step wise to install cygwin_postgreSQL on Windows 2000.

i am waiting for reply

Thanking you
Jitendra Takalkar

Autosoft Systems schrieb:
>   Respected Sir,
> I want to use postgreSQL database in windows for application.
> I have downloaded installation of cygwin setup from mirror site.
> And install on Windows 2000. after this i create postgres user account then login using postgres user.
> but i was unable to start postgresql server

how about reading the cygwin specific docs?
less /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql*.README
ipc-daemon2 must not be used anymore, use cygserver instead.

>
> Error in
>
> 1... ipc-daemon &
>
> 2... initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data
> signal 12
> fail ...
>
> 3... postmaster -D /usr/local/pgsql/data &
> fatal error
>
> so
> Please send me solution in step wise to install cygwin_postgreSQL on Windows 2000.
>
> i am waiting for reply
>
> Thanking you
> Jitendra Takalkar
>
>
>


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