by Peter, if you send me your error log, I'll take a look. (setup log).
Dana
> When I use the SQL Server Core Merge Modules (MSM files) provided on the
SQL
> Server 2000 Beta 2 CD and merge them into my own installation for Windows
> Installer and then run the resulting Setup, SQL Server gets installed
> properly, but the installer then fails with the following error message:
> "Setup failed to configure the server. Refer to the server error logs and
%s
> for more information."
> The error logs do not show any errors. Everything looks normal. The last
> entry in the log file is "SQL Server stopped due to a request from the
> Service Control Manager". Apparently, Setup 'sees' an error and then stops
> the SQL Server. What's going on? I've tried this on Windows 2000 and
Windows
> NT 4.0 SP6, both with exactly the same results.
> TIA,
> Peter Vlietstra