Michael, On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 11:52:48AM -0700, Michael F. March wrote: > Here is how far it gets: >> Administrator@D4LHBR01 ~ > $ initdb -d -D /usr/local/pgsql/data > [snip] > Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data > Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base > Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global > Creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog > Creating template1 database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/1 > Running: /usr/bin/postgres -boot -x1 -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -d template1 >> And that is it.. >> The Postgres process continues to consume 96% of the CPU. >> I have done this on two machines with the current Cygwin. Did you forgot to read the FAQ: http://www.us.postgresql.org/docs/faq-mswin or README: /usr/doc/Cygwin/postgresql-7.1.3.README Did you try to search the web? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=initdb+hang&btnG=Google+Search BTW, a pre-built PostgreSQL 7.1.3 is part of the Cygwin distribution. Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/