Hi,
i'm a pgsql beginner and i'm tryng to install it by using Cygwin.
I red the documentation about pgsql-cygwin and I make all the steps suggested form "Installing PostgreSQL on Windows Using Cygwin FAQ".
Psql version is 7.4.5
$ /usr/sbin/cygserver.exe &
[1] 268
$ cygserver: Initialization complete. Waiting for requests.
$ initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -W -E LATIN1

..
The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections... /usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 696 Bad system
call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boot -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/
null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 2100 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 1860 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 2028 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 836 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 564: 2068 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
10
selecting default shared_buffers... /usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 1616 Bad system
call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boot -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/n
ull 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 1696 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 1712 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 312 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2152 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 452 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2076 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2156 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2084 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2080 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/initdb: line 578: 2136 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boo
t -x0 $TEST_OPT template1 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
50
creating configuration files... ok
creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1... /usr/bin/initdb:
line 644: 2260 Bad system call "$PGPATH"/postgres -boot -x1 $PGSQL_OPT
$BOOTSTRAP_TALK_ARG template1
initdb: failed
initdb: removing data directory "/usr/local/pgsql/data"

what's wrong???
Best Regards
A poor