Can't start SQL Server 2000

We are trying to move msdb, model and master. We added the -c -m and -T3608
to the startup parameters. When we try to restart SQL fails to start. The
error is that it cannot find master database and will not start. We cannot
get back into Enterprise Manager to reset the startup parameters. How can
we reset the parameters and, more importantly, restart SQL Server?
Thanks very much in advance.First step is to look in SQL Servers errorlog file for the reason why SQL Server won't start.
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"Moishe Much" <MoisheMuch@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C69EDED1-03A5-4B92-B5D4-DFE80C2B1A19@.microsoft.com...
> We are trying to move msdb, model and master. We added the -c -m and -T3608
> to the startup parameters. When we try to restart SQL fails to start. The
> error is that it cannot find master database and will not start. We cannot
> get back into Enterprise Manager to reset the startup parameters. How can
> we reset the parameters and, more importantly, restart SQL Server?
> Thanks very much in advance.
>|||> We are trying to move msdb, model and master. We added the -c -m
> and -T3608
> to the startup parameters. When we try to restart SQL fails to start. The
> error is that it cannot find master database and will not start. We
> cannot
> get back into Enterprise Manager to reset the startup parameters. How
> can
> we reset the parameters and, more importantly, restart SQL Server?
The parameters for a default SQL 2000 instance are in the registry under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer\Parameters
If it SQL Server can't find master at startup, you probably didn't specify
the correct master database path parameter.
Hope this helps.
Dan Guzman
SQL Server MVP
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/dang/
"Moishe Much" <MoisheMuch@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C69EDED1-03A5-4B92-B5D4-DFE80C2B1A19@.microsoft.com...
> We are trying to move msdb, model and master. We added the -c -m
> and -T3608
> to the startup parameters. When we try to restart SQL fails to start. The
> error is that it cannot find master database and will not start. We
> cannot
> get back into Enterprise Manager to reset the startup parameters. How
> can
> we reset the parameters and, more importantly, restart SQL Server?
> Thanks very much in advance.
>