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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2002-02-11 : 08:48:10
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| Mark writes "I have been trying to do some testing with the unattended client installation files. These are sqlcli.bat and sqlcli.iss. I intend on putting the SQL Server 2000 files on the network so that other users can install the SQL Server 2000 tools from the network. Because it is going on the network, I don't want to place the entire SQL Server CD there. Anyway, I'm gotten stuck. I can't run the unattended install because it cancels right away without error. When I try to install from the CD, the message"Setup has detected an existing client tools only installation. Please use maintenance mode to add client components". The SQL Server files aren't on the PC, so I can't run an uninstall. Does anyone know what portion of the registry or file system that SQL Server install uses to detect that an installation has been done?I've deleted the Microsoft SQL Server key in the local machine and current user portion of the registry, but that didn't help." |
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chadmat
The Chadinator
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Posted - 2002-02-12 : 13:58:41
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| Mark,How do you know it is cancelling? When you do an unattended install there is no visual evidence that the install is taking place. You can open task manager and see if the process is running, if it is, then the install is going on, and you deleting registry entries is only interfering.If you don't see the process running, find the sqlstp.log file (I believe in the WINNT directory) and that should give a clue as to why it fails.-Chad |
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