PostgreSQL does not RUN On Windows

Hi,

I have been trying hard to start PostgreSQL on windows-NT but it is not
working. Has anybody ever run PostgreSQL on win-NT?

I tried all available combinations as suggested on internet but it never
run.


1. Pre-compiled version with latest Cygwin package: ipc-daemon (cygipc 1.09)
was running and then I tried to run 'initdb' it said IPCSemaphorCreate is
not implemented.
2. I downloaded PostgreSQL version 7.1.2, cygipc 1.09, compiled in cygwin.
First of all it gave hell lot of errors. Somehow I could compile it. I
successfully started postmaster. But when I ran psql. It gave error
DEBUG:  database system was shut down at 2003-01-09 13:18:16 EST
DEBUG:  CheckPoint record at (0, 1563248)
DEBUG:  Redo record at (0, 1563248); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG:  NextTransactionId: 615; NextOid: 18720
DEBUG:  database system is in production state
ZeroProcSemaphore: semctl(id=0,SETVAL) failed: Invalid argument
Server process (pid 2464) exited with status 65280 at Thu Jan  9 13:18:49
2003
Terminating any active server processes...
Server processes were terminated at Thu Jan  9 13:18:49 2003
Reinitializing shared memory and semaphores
DEBUG:  database system was interrupted at 2003-01-09 13:18:32 EST
DEBUG:  CheckPoint record at (0, 1563248)
DEBUG:  Redo record at (0, 1563248); Undo record at (0, 0); Shutdown TRUE
DEBUG:  NextTransactionId: 615; NextOid: 18720
DEBUG:  database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
progress...
DEBUG:  ReadRecord: record with zero len at (0, 1563312)
DEBUG:  redo is not required
DEBUG:  database system is in production state

and at psql screen it said
psql: pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.
        This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
        before or while processing the request.

3. I downloaded latest PostgreSQL version 7.3.1. Compiled it, installed it
but  initdb did not let me go ahead. It was giving IPCMemory failure.

DOS/Cygwin has maximum memory of 655360 bytes. And I don't know to increase
this size.

Your valuable help is highly appreciated. I have wasted so much time and I
have got nothing but frustration.

Thanks
Onkar Chandel