Public Mailing Lists wrote: > 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
