Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Problem installing SQL 2k 32bit on Windows 2003 64bit x86 SP1

I've been having no luck trying to install SQL 2k 32bit on Windows 2003 64bit x86 SP1 - I've found several articles regarding needing to put SP4 on the 64bit OS, but my problem is the SQL 2k 32bit ",,\x86\setup\setupsql" won't run.

I consistantly receive a "...(localuserdir)\Local.ins. Unable to load installaion instructions. Error 703."

And of course, the SP4 setup won't run because there is not an existing SQL Service to upgrade.

Anyone come up against a similar problem?

Thanks!

Are we talking about an X64 machine here? You cant install 32-bit on IA64.

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