Please help I am trying to install PostgreSQL using cygwin on WindowsXP and I am getting this error:

 

$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/test/

The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user "JRademan".

This user must also own the server process.

 

The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.

 

creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/test/... ok

creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/test//base... ok

creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/test//global... ok

creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/test//pg_xlog... ok

creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/test//pg_clog... ok

selecting default max_connections... 10

selecting default shared_buffers... 50

creating configuration files... ok

creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/test//base/1... FATAL:  could not

create shared memory segment: Function not implemented

DETAIL:  Failed system call was shmget(key=1, size=1081344, 03600).

 

initdb: failed

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

 

 What is up?

 

Jeremy J. Rademan

 

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