There are two levels of messages about hardware requirements:
1 - Recommended
2 - Actually required
Unfortunately, we didn't do a great job of making that disctinction clear. In this case, you're getting a warning because your memory is below the recommended 1GB. Since you have the minimum actually required, 512 MB, the install proceeded and (probably) succeeded.
You're going to have to give us more to go on here. You're saying that you installed Dev edition on XP, and the engine isn't there Take a look at the install logs, located at %Program Files%Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG and below, and see if any errors are reported for the engine.
Do you have enough space on the system partition Make sure that the system partition has the appropiate amount of space, othwerwise the installation can't be done. Thats something you can't change in the core installation, though you can specify the database file location you can't change the core file location.
What components are you trying to install and how are you installing them (GUI or cmd line) If you open services.msc, do you see any SQL Server services (named SQL Server (MSSQLServer) if you used the default instance) And finally, after the install completes, what components get added to the start menu Is Enterprise Manager there
it has components like .NET framework 2.0, Visual Studio. (GUI)
after install completes. Visual studio and all of them are added to the menu. Enterprise Manger is there.
It looks perferctly installed But like I said.
Nothing showed up in the server configure manager.I think there's supposed to be options like starting a server or shut down a server ect like in SQL server 2000, although which is not an mmc.
SQL Sever 2005 only has client side?
Jyh-Cheng Chen
There are two levels of messages about hardware requirements:
1 - Recommended
2 - Actually required
Unfortunately, we didn't do a great job of making that disctinction clear. In this case, you're getting a warning because your memory is below the recommended 1GB. Since you have the minimum actually required, 512 MB, the install proceeded and (probably) succeeded.
HTH,
Paul
Dan Berkowsky
Mary Ellen Chaffin - MSFT
Duvert
Do you have enough space on the system partition Make sure that the system partition has the appropiate amount of space, othwerwise the installation can't be done. Thats something you can't change in the core installation, though you can specify the database file location you can't change the core file location.
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
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Cittri Farms
What components are you trying to install and how are you installing them (GUI or cmd line) If you open services.msc, do you see any SQL Server services (named SQL Server (MSSQLServer) if you used the default instance) And finally, after the install completes, what components get added to the start menu Is Enterprise Manager there
Thanks,
Sam Lester (MSFT)
Matt Braafhart
I installed SQL server 2005 Developer Ed
it has components like .NET framework 2.0, Visual Studio. (GUI)
after install completes. Visual studio and all of them are added to the menu. Enterprise Manger is there.
It looks perferctly installed But like I said.
Nothing showed up in the server configure manager.I think there's supposed to be options like starting a server or shut down a server ect like in SQL server 2000, although which is not an mmc.
WwiloO
Sorry I didn't make it clear.
It was successfully installed but when it tested my computer it says hardwires dont meet the minimum requirement which I doubt about.
CPU: Intel T2300 1.66GHz.
Memory 512
Enough hard disk space.
I'm so confused.
BusyDay
Anon1011
It shows succeeded but the thing is when I try
SQL Server Configuration Manager---->SQL Server 2005 Services-->Nothing showed
up No single items there.