Hi,

I am trying to get Cygwin/PostgreSQL to work in MS Windows XP Embedded.

Question: Is this setup knowk to work?

 

I installed the latest version of Cygwin on a machine running Windows XP Embedded. I have also installed the version of PostgreSQL that came with Cygwin. So far, so good.

 

My variables are set as follows:

 

I then try to run 'initdb' and get the following error:

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/usr/bin/initdb: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
/usr/bin/initdb: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent
The program
    '/usr/bin/postgres'
needed by initdb does not belong to PostgreSQL version 7.2.1, or
there may be a configuration problem.

This was the error message issued by that program:
/usr/bin/initdb: cannot create /dev/null: directory nonexistent

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Question: Does anyone know how to resolve the above problem?

 

The same installation works fine in Windows 2000 Professional.

Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

Sandy.