Installing SQL 2008 on Windows 7
Posted 26/06/2009 11:01:00 p.m. by Daniel in Computers
Decided it was finally time to upgrade my dev vm to Windows 7, and install a shiny new copy of SQL 2008. Did a test install inside Sun’s Virtual Box at work, and it all went smoothly.
So with that in mind, I went ahead and installed it on a new VM at home. And SQL basically told me that it wasn’t going to install, to be polite. Great. Built another VM, same problem. Went to bed after that.
After talking to Craig at work this morning, I thought I’d give it a shot on my work machine, just to see what would happen. Same error. Tried some of the suggestions Craig made, still doesn’t seem to work.
Best part? The errors I get. Really useful. Not.
Am yet to find a solution. Have had a Google. Found nothing amazingly useful. Wondering if it’s worth getting the image from MSDN again, based on the fact it worked before I copied it to my iPod. Will update when I have found a fix.
[Update] Found this - doesn't seem to solve my problem sadly.
[Update 2 - 2:24pm 26/06/2009] Just downloaded the ISO image again, and seems to work now on both my work machine and a VM I built today. No idea what happened. The new VM threw the first error, but when I re-mounted the ISO, it worked. Hopefully I can get it installed tonight.
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