===Initialize PostgreSQL cluster and run as server for compiled version ===

This is still a work in progress Back to windows compile

1. Create a windows local user called postgres
2. /c/postgres/bin/initdb -U postgres -W -D /c/postgres/data -A trust
3. you may want to change the port in the C:/postgres/data/pogstresql.conf file
4. Install as service: (From Dos not MingW)

"c:\postgres]bin\pg_ctl" register -N "pgsql-8.3 test" -D "C:\postgres\data" -U postgres -P "somepassword"

5. go into services panel under windows and start

6. Before you do a make check for PostGIS

-- make sure to do an export of PGPORT and other variable to point to the one you are testing (this you do in MingW) ​http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/libpq-envars.html export PATH="/c/postgres/bin;PATH" export PGPORT=5432 export PGUSER=postgres