Cannot install on Windows 2000 Server

[jgoodman00]

I am trying to install SQL server 2000 on a brand new server. It is running Windows 2000 server. The first time I tried to install it, it exited with the error of being unable to find 'SQLUNIRL.DLL'. So, I found the file on another computer & copied it into the C:\WINNT folder. This time, it did not error on this file. Instead it errored by merely stating that it could not configure the service. Below is the log file (sqlstp.log) which was created. It said I should refer to this, but I cannot see anything which can be of use in the file...

15:46:06 Begin Action: UpdateSystemPath
15:46:06 Path successfully updated.
15:46:06 %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\BINN
15:46:06 End Action: UpdateSystemPath
15:46:08 C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\cnfgsvr.exe -F "C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log" -I MSSQLSERVER -V 1 -M 0 -Q "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS" -H 131266 -U sa -P
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Starting Service ...

SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

-m -Q -T4022 -T3659

Connecting to Server ...

driver={sql server};server=SERVER1;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection broken.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]ConnectionRead (GetOverLappedResult()).

driver={sql server};server=SERVER1;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection broken.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]ConnectionRead (GetOverLappedResult()).

driver={sql server};server=SERVER1;UID=sa;PWD=;database=master

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]Connection broken.

[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][Named Pipes]ConnectionRead (ReadFile()).

SQL Server configuration failed.

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15:46:38 Process Exit Code: (-1)
15:46:43 Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and C:\WINNT\sqlstp.log for more information.
15:46:44 Action CleanUpInstall:
15:46:44 C:\WINNT\TEMP\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service SQLSERVERAGENT
15:46:44 Process Exit Code: (1060) The specified service does not exist as an installed service.

15:46:44 C:\WINNT\TEMP\SqlSetup\Bin\scm.exe -Silent 1 -Action 4 -Service MSSQLSERVER
15:46:44 Process Exit Code: (0)
15:46:44 StatsGenerate returned: 2
15:46:44 StatsGenerate (0x0,0x1,0xf0000000,0x0,1033,303,0x0,0x1,0,0,0
15:46:44 StatsGenerate -1,Administrator)
15:46:44 Installation Failed.



Does anybody know what the possible cause could be?
Do you need a special version of SQL server to run on Win2K Server?

James Goodman

 

[bashboy]

This will sound crazy....it did to me when I heard it. I had the exact same problem you are encountering. I tried to fdisk the machine and reinstall Windows and then try again....no luck...still got the same errors. I found a post on some web page I have since forgotten about that basically said they had run into the same problem and it was hardware related. I could not quite believe that, but I was at my wit's end....I replaced the motherboard in the offending machine and then tried to reinstall SQL Server again.....worked like a charm this time. Don't ask me to explain why hardware would affect this, but trust me it did.

Hope this helps.