Thread: windows vista and windows 7
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Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7?
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H.F.
Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7?
Thanks
H.F.
On 06/07/2011 04:18 AM, Heine Ferreira wrote: > Hi > > Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7? As far as I know PostgreSQL is not explicitly tested on Windows ... Starter Edition. Whether it will work depends on how crippled those editions of Windows are. Why would you want to run PostgreSQL on a crippled OS like that anyway? What's your use case? -- Craig Ringer
On 07/06/11 09:00, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 06/07/2011 04:18 AM, Heine Ferreira wrote: >> Hi >> >> Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7? > > As far as I know PostgreSQL is not explicitly tested on Windows ... > Starter Edition. Whether it will work depends on how crippled those > editions of Windows are. > > Why would you want to run PostgreSQL on a crippled OS like that anyway? > What's your use case? Apparently it's quite common on cheaper Netbooks and on PCs in "emerging markets". Looking at the Windows 7 Starter FAQ, I don't see why it wouldn't work.. You're limited to 2 GB of memory, but that'll be enough to get by on for local development and stuff. -Toby
On 06/07/11 12:35 AM, Toby Corkindale wrote: > Looking at the Windows 7 Starter FAQ, I don't see why it wouldn't work.. > You're limited to 2 GB of memory, but that'll be enough to get by on > for local development and stuff. the user management is even more crippled than it is in win7 Home, making managing a service account like postgres uses problematic. and yeah, 32bit only and 2gb max supported memory. -- john r pierce N 37, W 123 santa cruz ca mid-left coast
On 7/06/2011 3:35 PM, Toby Corkindale wrote: > On 07/06/11 09:00, Craig Ringer wrote: >> On 06/07/2011 04:18 AM, Heine Ferreira wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7? >> >> As far as I know PostgreSQL is not explicitly tested on Windows ... >> Starter Edition. Whether it will work depends on how crippled those >> editions of Windows are. >> >> Why would you want to run PostgreSQL on a crippled OS like that anyway? >> What's your use case? > > Apparently it's quite common on cheaper Netbooks and on PCs in "emerging > markets". Sure, it exists and is in use. But why would you want to put PostgreSQL on a gutless little netbook? What I'm angling for from the OP is why they care about running on Starter Edition. I suspect the answer will be "because I want to bundle PostgreSQL with my application and some of my users will have Starter Edition" - at which point alternative database choices that're lighter weight, app-embeddable and lower-admin may need to be pointed out. -- Craig Ringer Tech-related writing at http://soapyfrogs.blogspot.com/
On 6 June 2011 21:18, Heine Ferreira <heine.ferreira@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7? Starter edition can only run 3 programs at a time. I'm not sure how that's counted, and how it will roll with PG's multi-process architecture, but my guess would be not well. -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
On 07/06/11 20:45, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On 6 June 2011 21:18, Heine Ferreira<heine.ferreira@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7? > > Starter edition can only run 3 programs at a time. I'm not sure how > that's counted, and how it will roll with PG's multi-process > architecture, but my guess would be not well. Nah, they got rid of the 3 program limit a while back!