hi,
> If a /L parameter is not specified for an MSDE installation, is there
> any install log created?
nope..
MSDE setup requires the
/L*v "c:\LogFileName.txt"
parameter in order to verbosely log the installation..
\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Install\cnfgsvr.out
restricted log file is generated resulting like (hopefully, if correctly
installed)
"SQL Server has been correctly configured!"
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