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From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Seeking Installation Instructions for Postgresql on Cygwin
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> I'm trying to setup a Postgresql server on Windows-XP/Cygwin. I've done
> this a couple of times on Linux, and I'm experiencing some difficulties
> on Windows.
> 
> I have installed the packages postgresql (version 8.0.7-1) and
> cygrunserv (version 1.17-1), and I have syslog and init running.
> 
> If I'm trying to run /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql initdb, and I'm getting
> the following error messages:

"Bad system call" usually indicates that you need cygserver installed
and running.  And reading /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-*.README
confirms this.  Read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cygserver.README for details.

Brian

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