I can't inicializate PostgreSQL

[Manuel Tejada <mantemu at yahoo dot com dot mx>]

I am using PostgreSQL for Cygwin on Windows ME from
April 2003

I was working with PostgreSQL 7.4.1-3 very well.
Recently I decided to make an upgrade from PostgreSQL
7.4.1-3 to PostgreSQL 7.4.3-1 (the newest for cygwin).
After installing the PostgreSQL 7.4.3-1 from Internet
with the utility setup.exe, I followed the normal
procedure that I was accustomed to use to inicializate
the PostgreSQL,  but the initdb failed. 

The following is what I got:

----------------------------------------------------

admin@alejo ~
$ ipc-daemon2 &
[1] 867359

admin@alejo ~
$ initdb -D /usr/share/postgresql/data
The files belonging to this database system will be
owned by user "admin".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locale
C.

creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/share/postgresql/data/base...
ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/data/global... ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory
/usr/share/postgresql/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
/usr/share/postgresql/data/base/1... Signal 12

initdb: failed
initdb: removing data directory
"/usr/share/postgresql/data"


admin@alejo ~
$

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After reading some answer to various post in the
mailing list archive with similar problem and the
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/postgres-7.4.3.README file, I
decided to follow the procedure using Cygserver
instead ipc-daemon2:
- Set the CYGWIN variable enviroment to "server"
- Install and configure cygserver
- Run cygserver
- Initialize PostgreSQL

But now the cygserver failled to run because the
System says the command is no found, as you can see in
the ouptput I show you bellow:

-------------------------------

admin@alejo ~
$ CYGWIN=server

admin@alejo ~
$ export CYGWIN

admin@alejo ~
$ cygserver-config

Generating /etc/cygserver.conf file
chown: `system.544': invalid user

Further configuration options are available by editing
the configuration
file /etc/cygserver.conf.  Please read the inline
information in that
file carefully. The best option for the start is to
just leave it alone.

Please keep in mind, that a client application which
wants to use
the services provided by cygserver *must* have the
environment variable
CYGWIN set so that it contains the word "server".  So,
if you don't
need any other special CYGWIN setting, just set it to
"server".

It is advisable to add this setting to the Windows
system environment.

Basic Cygserver configuration finished. Have fun!

admin@alejo ~
$ cygserver &
[1]118735
$bash: cygserver: command not found
 [1]+ Exit 127    cygserver

--------------------------------

My questions are:

a) In what I am failling myself?

b) Anybody knows how to fix this?

c)Supposing there is no way how to fix this. what must
I do to reinstall the old PostgreSQL (7.4.1-3) that I
still have the tar.gz archive in a directory created
by the utility setup.exe.? I tried to reinstall the
old one with the utility setup.exe but I can not see
it in the windows'utility. Maybe I have to  install it
using ./configure, make, etc.? Is possible do this?


I'll appreciate any answer

=====
Manuel TEJADA M.

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