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SBS 2003 R2 Premium edition and SQL installation

I have purchased SBS 2003 R2 Premium edition and have the disks on hand. I am in the process of trying to install SQL 2005 edition that is on the Premium technologies disk. I assumed when i autoran the premium technologies disk it would have a screen where i could click install SQL 2005 or something to that effect. It didnt. On the disk if i browse it, there is disk 1 and disk 2. In each there are two executables for SQL and the one on disk 1 asks for a cd key and the other one doesnt. Which one is the proper one to use and should my disk have an install sql 2005 on the autorun menu of the disk?

Any info would be appreciated.

imitchie

please search disk 1 for "SQLinstallsteps.htm", i think it was in the root folder
the steps are straightforward

imitchie

and yes you are right, the autorun should have it

To install a new instance of SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition

From the Autorun page of the Premium Technologies disc (D:\Setup.exe, where D is the letter of your CD drive), click Install Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

msha094

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And should it ask me for my cd key? and if so the windows server cd key should work right?

imitchie

no it should pre-populate that information for you. check this link

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924000

are you using the latest release media?

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