Install of DB fails...

Hello everyone,

any idea what this error means?

initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/local1_template1.bki.source as input to
create the template database.
initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/global1.bki.source as input to create
the global classes.
initdb: using /usr/local/pgsql/lib/pg_hba.conf.sample as the host-based
authentication control file.

We are initializing the database system with username postgres (uid=100).
This user will own all the files and must also own the server process.

Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data

Creating Postgres database system directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base

initdb: creating template database in /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/template1
Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1
        syntax error 2299 : parse error
Creating global classes in /base
Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1

Adding template1 database to pg_database...
Running: postgres -boot -C -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -Q template1 <
/tmp/create.19361
Too Large Allocation Request("!(0 < (size) && (size) <= (0xfffffff)):size=0
[0x0]", File: "mcxt.c", Line: 232)
!(0 < (size) && (size) <= (0xfffffff)) (0)
initdb: could not log template database
initdb: cleaning up.

this is the error i receive when i run initdb to set up the initial
postgres db. everything else up until this point seems to run per the
INSTALL verbatim. could it be i don't have either enough RAM or HD space??

-K