You are correct Bo - I improperly stated the question. Here is a redefined
question:
I have a Vista Ultimate SP1 guest OS in VPC 2007 SP1. I have shared folders
with the Host (also Vista Ultimate SP1). During the install of SQL Server
2008, I pointed the data directories to the shared folders and got an error.
I changed the data directories to folders within the guest virtual machine,
and the installation is proceeding. Is this just a bug in the installation
program or will SQL Server running in a guest VM not be able to use shared
folders?
"Bo Berglund" wrote:
Quote:
> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:19:39 -0800, ronald
> <ronald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
> >I assume that SQL Server 2008 (Standard Edition) will run, in Virtual PC 2007
> >SP1 (on a development machine), but I did not see that specifically stated in
> >the SQL Server installation notes.
> >
> >Does anyone know for sure or not if SQL Server 2008 will run in Virtual PC
> >2007 SP1?
>
> It really does not run on VPC2007SP1 itself at all....
>
> Instead it runs in a guest operating system (XP, Vista, Win2003 etc)
> installed in a virtual machine running under VPC2007....
>
> The virtualization software used is less of a detail than the
> operating system you want to install SQLServer into.
>
> --
>
> Bo Berglund (Sweden)
>