Martin Gainty wrote: > thanks for the prompt response > i took the stack of bad calls and placed them in a .sh and they all ran flawlessly.. > there is a delta in there somewhere > > I have a followup (if i may) > I am able to get past the initdb but when i run the postgres on the data folder I get no postgresql.conf found specifically > postgres cannot access the server configuration file "/cygdrive/c/Postgres/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf' > > is there a foolproof way that I will allow postgres to access postgresql.conf? Is there some permissions problem? Is that what you mean by "cannot access"? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general