RE: Unable to install postgres

[Vince Hoffman <Vince dot Hoffman at uk dot circle dot com>]

Hmm looks like its an IPC thing... you did read the readme and follow the
instructions regarding the cygipc service didnt you ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Johnston [mailto:paul.johnston@umist.ac.uk]
> Sent: 02 May 2003 17:11
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Unable to install postgres
> 
> 
> Hi Sorry if this has been covered but I'm quite new to cygwin.
> I am trying to install postgres7.3.2 under cygwin on an XP box.
> I have been using postgres for a while under Solaris x86 but when
> attempting to initialize the db I get the following.
> 
> <snip>
> mcasspj@tallinn /cygdrive/f
> $ initdb -D /cygdrive/c/postgres_data/
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
> "mcasspj".
> This user must also own the server process.
> 
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
> 
> creating directory /cygdrive/c/postgres_data/... ok
> creating directory /cygdrive/c/postgres_data//base... ok
> creating directory /cygdrive/c/postgres_data//global... ok
> creating directory /cygdrive/c/postgres_data//pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /cygdrive/c/postgres_data//pg_clog... ok
> creating template1 database in /cygdrive/c/postgres_data//base/1...
> IpcSemaphore
> Create: semget(key=1, num=17, 03600) failed: Function not implemented
> 
> initdb failed.
> Removing /cygdrive/c/postgres_data/.
> 
> </snip>
> 
> Any pointer gratefully accepted
> Cheers Paul
> 
> 
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