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Error in SQL Setup: Can't Find SQLBOOKS.IDX

Article ID: 179569

Article Last Modified on 1/9/2000

Microsoft Systems Management Server Training

This article was previously published under Q179569

SYMPTOMS

When you run the Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Evaluation Setup, at approximately the 60 percent mark of files copied, you may receive the following error:

Critical Error
Cannot open the file name \SQLSetup\SQLBKS65\SQLBOOKS.IDX

CAUSE

The Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Books Online was not included with the SQL Server evaluation edition.

WORKAROUND

Start the SQL Server Setup.exe. During setup, you will be presented with the following dialog box:

Select a SQL Server Books Online installation option:

Install on Hard Disk
Install to Run from CD
Do Not Install

Select Do Not Install to successfully install SQL Server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Systems Management Server Training.

Additional query words: press ms_press bookbug 1-57231-614-4

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbdocerr KB179569