Cant install msde on server2000

Anybody out there know why i can't install MSDE on a win2000 server. I start
setup in dos mode with sapwd ="password" but it dies without error
messages.
Thanks in advance
hi,
news wrote:
> Anybody out there know why i can't install MSDE on a win2000 server.
> I start setup in dos mode with sapwd ="password" but it dies without
> error messages.
> Thanks in advance
please add verbose logging of the installation process providing the
/L*v "c:\msde.log"
parameter to your call to setup.exe boostrap installer... this will output
an about 2mb text file (for a succesfull installation) you can later inspect
for
RETURN VALUE 3
entries... about 10/15 lines before each entry som (sometime cryptic)
description of the problem will be reported..
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
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|||Hi thanks for the reply i tried it nut cant read the cryptic merror report
or rather cant understand it
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:3ii0fpFljhkoU1@.individual.net...
> hi,
> news wrote:
> please add verbose logging of the installation process providing the
> /L*v "c:\msde.log"
> parameter to your call to setup.exe boostrap installer... this will output
> an about 2mb text file (for a succesfull installation) you can later
> inspect for
> RETURN VALUE 3
> entries... about 10/15 lines before each entry som (sometime cryptic)
> description of the problem will be reported..
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||him
news wrote:
> Hi thanks for the reply i tried it nut cant read the cryptic merror
> report or rather cant understand it
perhaps we can help you...
try reporting the lines indicating the problem..
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||See my post "Corrupted MSDE files encountered" posted 7/2/2005. Maybe you
have the same problem I did.
Axel Larson,
Share What You Know,
Learn What You Don't
"news" <news@.c.com> wrote in message
news:HL-dnaakovg48F7fRVn-ow@.rogers.com...
> Anybody out there know why i can't install MSDE on a win2000 server. I
start
> setup in dos mode with sapwd ="password" but it dies without error
> messages.
> Thanks in advance
>
|||Hi, I don't know if I have the same problem as News.
This is just the last part of the log file.
Thanks!
MSI (c) (58:60) [09:49:42:814]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (c) (58:60) [09:49:42:814]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server Desktop
Engine -- Installation operation failed.
MSI (c) (58:60) [09:49:42:830]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (58:60) [09:49:42:830]: Cleaning up uninstalled install packages, if
any exist
MSI (c) (58:60) [09:49:42:830]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:3ij10tFlrda6U1@.individual.net...
> him
> news wrote:
> perhaps we can help you...
> try reporting the lines indicating the problem..
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.12.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.58.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||hi,
Gule wrote:
> Hi, I don't know if I have the same problem as News.
> This is just the last part of the log file.
please isolate the relevand part of the log reporting
RETURN VALUE 3
... about 10/15 lines before each entry some (sometime cryptic) description
of the problem will be reported..
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.14.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.59.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||Actually, i solved the problem. I run the setup2.msi and installation passed
without problem!?
Thanks anyway!
"Andrea Montanari" <andrea.sqlDMO@.virgilio.it> wrote in message
news:3jnfloFqq68uU1@.individual.net...
> hi,
> Gule wrote:
> please isolate the relevand part of the log reporting
> RETURN VALUE 3
> ... about 10/15 lines before each entry some (sometime cryptic)
> description of the problem will be reported..
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.14.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.59.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
|||Hi Andrea,
We are experiencing the same issue while installing MSDE 2K on a Windows 2K
(SP3) machine. It gives out the error: 1603.
Here is the excerpt from the MSDE install verbose log of the 10-15 lines
before the 'Return Value 3' happens (2 occurences in the log)
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1.Starting custom action SkuIt
MSI (s) (24:C0): Executing op:
ActionStart(Name=ConfigServer.2D02443E_7002_4C0B_A BC9_EAB2C064397B...
Action 14:03:31: ConfigServer.2D02443E_7002_4C0B_ABC9_EAB2C064397B. ..
MSI (s) (24:C0): Executing op:
CustomActionSchedule(Action=ConfigServer.2D02443E_ 7002_4C0B_ABC9_EAB2C064397B...
MSI (s) (24:C0): Creating MSIHANDLE (214) of type 790536 for thread 1984
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
TempFolder is
C:\DOCUME~1\D35166.000\LOCALS~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\
Loading extended custom action library
C:\DOCUME~1\D35166.000\LOCALS~1\Temp\{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}\sqlcax.dll
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server
Setup.{E09B48B5-E141-427A-AB0C-D3605127224A}
Starting custom action ConfigServer
Executing "C:\WINNT\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe -V 1 -M 1 -U sa -I "MSSQLSERVER" -Q
"SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS""
Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and
setup error logs for more information.
Action ended 14:04:04: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
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2. Start custom action DeferProperties
Defer Properties returns: 0
MSI (s) (24:C0): Executing op: End(Checksum=0,ProgressTotal=0)
MSI (s) (24:C0): Error in rollback skipped. Return: 5
MSI (s) (24:C0): FEATURECACHE: Entering Invalidate
MSI (s) (24:C0): Unlocking Server
Action ended 14:04:24: INSTALL. Return value 3.
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I will greatly appreciate any direction to help resolve this issue.
Regards,
Srinivas
"Andrea Montanari" wrote:

> hi,
> Gule wrote:
> please isolate the relevand part of the log reporting
> RETURN VALUE 3
> ... about 10/15 lines before each entry some (sometime cryptic) description
> of the problem will be reported..
> --
> Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
> http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
> DbaMgr2k ver 0.14.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.59.0
> (my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
> interface)
> -- remove DMO to reply
>
>
|||hi,
Srinivas Rampalli wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS""
> Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs
> and setup error logs for more information.
> Action ended 14:04:04: InstallFinalize. Return value 3.
please have a look at
http://support.microsoft.com/default...99&Product=sql
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.14.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.59.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply