Hi all, we have released a shrink-wrapped software package that uses SQL Server Express as it's backend. I am currently tracking down an issue to do with SQL Server Express not installing correctly, and at the end of a lot of investigation I have come to the conclusion that it is a CPU problem.
The CPU is not "PII Compatible" enough for SQL Express. It appears as though the Cache prefetching instructions are the most likely culprit, but I was just wondering why the SQL Server Installer allows the user to continue with only a warning about the minimum hardware requirement not being met?
It seems to me that a lot of time and pain would be saved if the installer just said "Sorry, but you have no hope in hell of running SQL Server... go out and buy yourself a real machine" instead of allowing the user to continue all the way through the install and finally crash out at the final step.
Hey Scott,
Yeah, it turns out that the cache prefetching is required and we're not checking for it up front. I've filed a request to add that check for the next version of the product.
-Jeffrey.
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This will be a great help, thanks.
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