Cannot find mdf files: Cannot Install SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

I have tried several times to install

SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition (most recently from MSDN Disk

3097.1) I have tried to complete an uninstall before each

attempt.

I do get the warning about Minimum Hardware Requirement, but can find

nothing in the detail requirements to exclude my PCs configuration.

I have installed: IIS and .NET Framework 2.0

I have also used ..\aspnet_regiis -r to register ASP.NET

I am, successfully, running Visual Studio 2005.

Why does the installation process stop there and what can I do next?

Look int he setup logs, they will tell you what requirements what not passed.

HTH, Jens SUessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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There are 35 .log files. I am

guessing the one you refer to may be:

SQLSetup0001_586III800205_Core(Local).log It is a

19KB file

It confirms that the only 'Setup Consistency Check' failure is

the warning about

minimum

hardware requirement:

Article: Minimum Hardware Requirement, Result: Warning

Description: Minimum hardware requirements are not met, therefore, some

components may not perform as expected. Action: Make sure minimum

hardware requirements are met. Please refer to the readme for minimum

requirements.

I could not identify its problem: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=551260&siteid=1

Quiite a few steps are completed:

Installing: msxml6 on target: 586III800205

Complete: InstallSqlAction.9 at: 2006/5/30 16:22:18, returned true

Then some are skipped up to a Fatal Error:

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.11

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.11" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlsupport", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.12

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.12" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlncli", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.13

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.13" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "PPESku", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.18

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.18" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "owc11", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.20

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.20" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "BOL", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.22

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.22" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "bcRedist", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.9

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.9" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "msxml6", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Running: InstallDTSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:22:19

Installing: dts on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallDTSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:26:23, returned true

Running: InstallNSAction.10 at: 2006/5/30 16:26:24

Installing: sqlxml4 on target: 586III800205

Complete: InstallNSAction.10 at: 2006/5/30 16:26:36, returned true

Running: InstallSqlAction at: 2006/5/30 16:26:36

Installing: sql on target: 586III800205

Failed to install package

Fatal error during installation.

Setting package return code to: 28086

Complete: InstallSqlAction at: 2006/5/30 16:28:40, returned false

Error: Action "InstallSqlAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Target collection includes the local machine.

Invoking installPackage() on local machine.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction.10

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction.10" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "sqlxml4", referred by package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Running: InstallASAction at: 2006/5/30 16:28:41

Installing: as on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallASAction at: 2006/5/30 16:39:17, returned true

Running: InstallNSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:39:17

Installing: ns on target: 586III800205

******* Got commit request from MSI *******

Complete: InstallNSAction at: 2006/5/30 16:40:33, returned true

Error: Action "InstallRSAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "InstallRSAction" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "The SQL Server instance that hosts rs is installed." returned false. Condition context:

rs will be failed due to the hosting instance of SQL Server failing to install.

Installation of package: "rs" failed due to a precondition.

Skipped: InstallToolsAction

Skipped: Action "InstallToolsAction" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

No install request found for package: "tools", install will be skipped as a result.

Skipped: RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction

Skipped: Action "RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction" was not run. Information reported during analysis:

Action: "RepairForBackwardsCompatRedistAction" will be skipped due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Error: Action "UninstallForMSDE2000Action" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForMSDE2000Action" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchMSDE2000" failed due to a precondition.

Error: Action "UninstallForSQLAction" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForSQLAction" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "sql was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

sql failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchLibertySql" failed due to a precondition.

Error: Action "UninstallForRS2000Action" failed during execution. Error information reported during run:

Action: "UninstallForRS2000Action" will be marked as failed due to the following condition:

Condition "rs was successfully upgraded." returned false. Condition context:

rs failed to upgrade and so the uninstall of the upgraded product will not occur.

Installation of package: "patchRS2000" failed due to a precondition.

Running: ReportChainingResults at: 2006/5/30 16:40:34

Error: Action "ReportChainingResults" threw an exception during execution.

One or more packages failed to install. Refer to logs for error details. : 28086

Error Code: 0x80076db6 (28086)

Windows Error Text: Source File Name: sqlchaining\sqlchainingactions.cpp

Compiler Timestamp: Thu Sep 1 22:23:05 2005

Function Name: sqls::ReportChainingResults::perform

Source Line Number: 3097

- Context --

sqls::HostSetupPackageInstallerSynch::preInstall

Marking package: "patchRS2000" as failed due to cancel code received from cancel source: 29539

sqls

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework 2.0.log" to cab file : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab" Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework 2.0 LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program Files\Microsoft

SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab" Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Upgrade Advisor.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Upgrade Advisor LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Windows Installer.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Error: Failed to add file :"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Files\SQLSetup0001_586III800205_.NET

Framework Windows Installer LangPack.log" to cab file : "C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\SqlSetup0001.cab"

Error Code : 2

Delay load of action "UploadDrWatsonLogAction" returned nothing. No action will occur as a result.

Message pump returning: 28086

These messages do not tell me much. I would appreciate help in intrepreting them.

|||The minimum hardware requirements should only pop a warning, not a failure, so it may be something else. The best way to navigate the logs is to search for the text string "value 3", which is the internal logging code for displaying the errors. If you can find the log containing that string and post the +/- 10 lines on each side, we can probably get a better idea of what's going on.

Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)|||

I found it (4) times in file SQLSetup0001_586III800205_SCC.log:

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: OSProductSuite

Property type: 2

Value: 2

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: SuiteMask

Property type: 2

Value: 3

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: Version

Property type: 2

Value: 4

Type: ARTICLE_WMI_TYPE_PROPERTY

Namespace: cimv2

Class name: Win32_OperatingSystem

Property name: OSType

Property type: 2