Re: Windows version of PostgreSQL 8.x?

On Jul 12, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Bjørn T Johansen wrote:

> BTW, is PGSQL 8 supported on Windows NT 4?

It may work, but is not supported:

1.2) I heard that NT4 is supported. Is that true?

Although not officially supported, PostgreSQL will run on Windows NT4
with a few minor issues including:

The installer will not work correctly, thus you will need to compile
and install the code manually.
PostgreSQL uses a feature in the NTFS filesystem called 'reparse
points' to implement tablespaces. Reparse points are not available in
NT4, hence tablespaces cannot be used.
There is no 'runas.exe' included in Windows NT4 as standard, making
it difficult to start PostgreSQL from an administrative account.
It should also be noted that very little testing has been done on NT4.



from http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/faq/FAQ_windows.html




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