Running Postgresql 7.4.2 on Windows 2000 with Cygwin !
Dear Sirs I have installed Cygwin (version 1.5.9-1) on my computer (a K6-2 500Mhz with 256Mb RAM). I have downloaded the file postgresql-7.4.2.tar.gz and unpacked it and run the following commands: ./configure make make install I have created an environment-variable called CYGWIN and have set the value to server I have made a shell-script that contains the following line: /usr/sbin/cygserver I run this shell-script in a seperate DOS-box. I have made a shell-script that contains the following lines: initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data postmaster -i -n -d 2 -D /usr/local/pgsql/data When I run this shell-script I get the following error-message from initdb : FATAL: could not create shared memory segment: Function not implemented DETAIL: Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1081344, 03600) initdb: failed What is wrong here ??????????? How can I solve this problem ???????????? My E-mail-address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope to hear from you. Best regards Jan Christensen ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match