Installing SQL Server 2005 Express Via Command Prompt (silent / Basic GUI Install)

Hi,

I would be very grateful if someone could take a look at my command line install and offer advice on if I am doing it correctly.

The reason I am asking is because I cannot seem to get the server installed without having errors during the installation:
"The SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) service terminated with service-specific error 17113 (0x42D9)"

Looking at the server error log indicates that master.mdf was not in the data directory (I have however specified a different data directory for ease of backup by our software and this is created during the install but does not have this database in the data directory - it is however in the template data directory!

I also get this error when the SQL Server service is started:
"The SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) service terminated with service-specific error 3417 (0xD59)."


All advice is welcome. Please see below my batch file. Also, if you think I should do this in a different way then please let me know. I basically want to install SQL server on a customer computer and automate the install so the custoemr does not need to enter any information.

The goal of this install is:
[1] Deply a custom .Net application and SQL server at the same time on the same computer without user input.
[2] Allow remote .Net applications (designed by myself also) to connect over a LAN (and later maybe over a WAN) to the database to the above database.

The command line is this (I have also included the batch file I am usign below). For ease of reading I have put the parameters on a new line below:

setup.exe /qb
username="CustomerUsername"
companyname="OurCompany"
addlocal="SQL_Engine,SQL_Data_Files,SQL_Replication,Connectivity,SDK"
disablenetworkprotocols="0"
instancename="MSSQLSERVER"
INSTALLSQLDATADIR="c:SqlData"
USESYSDB="c:SqlData"
SAVESYSDB="1"
SQLAUTOSTART="1"
SECURITYMODE="SQL"
SAPWD="#StrongPaSSword#"



======= Batch file Start ======

SET MODE=/qb
SET SETUP_EXE=sqlfilessetup.exe %MODE%
SET SQLDATADIR=c:SqlData


SET SET_USERNAME=username="CustomerUsername"
SET SET_COMPANYNAME=companyname="OurCompany"
SET SET_ADDLOCAL=addlocal="SQL_Engine,SQL_Data_Files,SQL_Replication,Connectivity,SDK"
SET SET_DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=disablenetworkprotocols="0"
SET SET_INSTANCENAME=instancename="MSSQLSERVER"

SET SET_INSTALLSQLDATADIR=INSTALLSQLDATADIR="%SQLDATADIR%"

SET SET_SAVESYSDB=SAVESYSDB="1"
SET SET_USESYSDB=USESYSDB="%SQLDATADIR%"

SET SET_SQLAUTOSTART=SQLAUTOSTART="1"
SET SET_SECURITYMODE=SECURITYMODE="SQL"

@REM === RE-INSTALL PARAMS - NOT CURRENTLY BEING USED?? SHOULD I ADD THESE ALSO? ===
SET SET_REINSTALLMODE=REINSTALLMODE="omus"
SET SET_REINSTALL=REINSTALL="SQL_Engine,SQL_Data_Files,SQL_Replication,Connectivity,SDK"
SET SET_REBUILDDATABASE=REBUILDDATABASE="1"

SET SET_SAPWD=SAPWD="#StrongPaSSword#"


@REM === START THE SETUP / RE-INSTALL ===

START %SETUP_EXE% %SET_USERNAME% %SET_COMPANYNAME% %SET_ADDLOCAL% %SET_DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS% %SET_INSTANCENAME% %SET_INSTALLSQLDATADIR% %SET_USESYSDB% %SET_SAVESYSDB% %SET_SQLAUTOSTART% %SET_SECURITYMODE% %SET_SAPWD%

======= Batch file End ======


Your advice is kindly welcome.

Thank you

Kind regards

Paul