installation according to C:\Applications\cygwin\usr\share\doc\postgresql-7.4.3\FAQ_MSWIN

ipc-daemon2 &
[2] 1424
[1] Done ipc-daemon2

Administrator(at)DEMENTOR ~
$ ps
PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND
1724 1 1724 1724 con 500 13:47:53 /usr/bin/bash
1424 1724 1424 1236 con 500 13:57:30 /usr/bin/ipc-daemon2
1776 1724 1776 1788 con 500 13:57:36 /usr/bin/ps

Administrator(at)DEMENTOR ~
$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E UTF-8 -U Administrator
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"Administrator"
This user must also own the server process.
50
The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... Signal 12
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... oka"
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
10
selecting default shared_buffers... Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
Signal 12
50
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... Signal 12

initdb: failed
initdb: removing data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data"

How can I adjust max_connections ?
Or, what has to be done ?
Uwe.