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The cost of 2008

I just installed Windows 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 on a VM.

Here is the result:

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I am not sure what is in there, but it is a lot.

I then tried to install SQL Server 2005, but is never let me actually install the server, it only want to install the client components. It warns that you need SP2, so I installed that, then try it again, no go.

Any ideas?

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By the way, so far, ignoring the issue of the SQL Server installation issues, I am impressed by Win 2008, it looks slick, it is fast even on a slow VM. And it is not annoying me.

Update: I think that I am stupid. Looks like I installed the web edition of 2008, which I guess can't handle SQL Server. I'm downloading the standard version now, will see how it works.

Print | posted on Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:39 AM

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 11:13 AM paul

For what it's worth, I've installed Server 2008 on my laptop (not virtual), and SQL Server installed without a hitch. I was using Server 2008 Enterprise edition with Developer edition of SQL. Perhaps there are some features you need to enable first?

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 12:17 PM Tuna Toksöz

Can you comment on 2008 after you had some time wih it?

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 12:53 PM Mark

I don't know about the installation on Windows 2008 but when installing SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition and VS 2005/2008 you need to be sure to install SQL Server 2005 FIRST or you will not be able to installl the full version of SQL Server Managment Studio. For some reason if SQL Server Express is installed the full version o Mgmt Studio will not install. My steps

SQL Server 2005
Patch to SP2
VS2005
VS2008
Patch to SP2 again (SQL Express)

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 12:53 PM Ayende Rahien

Yes, absolutely

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 3:21 PM Brent

I confirm what Mark stated. VS2008 installs some newer components the SQL Server 2005 installer can't downgrade.

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/14/2008 8:36 PM Gilles Bayon

Did someone try to instal VisualSVN (http://www.visualsvn.com/server) server on Windows 2008 ?

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# re: The cost of 2008 2/15/2008 5:53 AM Jon Galloway

It looks like you might be doing a complete install of VS 2008, which wastes a lot of space on silliness like "Crystal Reports" and "Dotfuscator Community Edition". Installing a basic VS 2008 C# stack takes 2.8GB - a lot, but much less than you're seeing.

http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/11/28/ten-tips-for-a-happy-upgrade-to-visual-studio-2008-release.aspx

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