First, I'd recommend sticking to Debian. You are probably already aware of the differences.
If you are stuck in WinWorld, try using the "-h `hostname`" option. It was consistently faster for me. On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Laurent Michel wrote: > Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:10:15 +0200 > From: Laurent Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CYGWIN] pg_restore very slow > > I have a pg database dump (c format) and i want to install it on > cygwin/postgresql machines. The dump is 140 MB big. > > I was used to install it on windows clients with the command : > pg_restore -d mydb -ROxv -L mylist mydump > and it took about 1 hour or 2 maximum. > > Now when I issue the same command it takes more than ONE DAY for the > dump to be fully restored. > > The only change I can think of is that I upgraded my Debian Linux server > (from wich the dump comes) from pg 7.2 to pg 7.3. The > cygwin/cygipc/postgresql is the same on clients side. > > I changed pg shared buffers to half of the clients RAM, and tried to > modify pg_restore options ... nothing helped. > > Any idea ? > > Thanks in advance, > Laurent > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > Mike Adler ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org