Re: initdb crashes under Windows

$ initdb --version
initdb (PostgreSQL) 7.4.5

yates(at)leibniz ~
$
Randy Yates <yates(at)ieee(dot)org> writes:

> Can't get the postgres server started under Win2000/cygwin. Here's
> what happens:
>
> $ initdb -D /Gauss/rr/data -W
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "yates".
> This user must also own the server process.
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>
> fixing permissions on existing directory /Gauss/rr/data... ok
> creating directory /Gauss/rr/data/base... ok
> creating directory /Gauss/rr/data/global... ok
> creating directory /Gauss/rr/data/pg_xlog... ok
> creating directory /Gauss/rr/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 /Gauss/rr/data/base/1... FATAL: lock file "/Gauss/rr/data/postmaster.pid" already exists
> HINT: Is another postgres (PID 1672) running in data directory "/Gauss/rr/data"?
>
> initdb: failed
>
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% Randy Yates % "Rollin' and riding and slippin' and
%% Fuquay-Varina, NC % sliding, it's magic."
%%% 919-577-9882 %
%%%% <yates(at)ieee(dot)org> % 'Living' Thing', *A New World Record*, ELO
http://home.earthlink.net/~yatescr