Problem solved. Posting the solution so that others may find it useful.
Did a brand new install of Win XP SP1 on VPC 2004. Extracted the VS.Net 2005
Beta1 package (not the "refresh" package) to a shared drive on VPC using ISO
buster and, the installation went fine.
I think my previous installation of Win XP on VPC was corrupted since I had
the vs.net express edition on it and removed it before proceeding with the
installation of vs.net 2005 beta1.
[quoted text, click to view] "Raja" wrote:
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> As suggested in a different posted, I extracted all the files to a network
> drive using ISOBuster and tried the installation. This time also the
> installation failed !
>
> The error message was "The installer encountered an unexpectd error
> installing the package. The error code is 2337".
>
> Is there anything else I can do other than re-downloading the package ?
>
>
> "Raja" wrote:
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> >
> > I downloaded the .iso file of "VS 2005 Beta1 Refresh with Team System" from
> > MSDN. Iam trying to install this on Win XP SP1 running on Virtual PC 2004.
> > Since I don't have a DVD burner, I mounted the .iso image as a virtual drive
> > (using Virtual CD control panel utility) and ran the installation. Iam
> > running the installation from admin account, disabled Norton Anti-Virus &
> > Internet Security and, while installing VS 2005, I get this error :
> > "ERROR:Error 1311.Source file not found: z:\vs\_13124_SdmModels.msm.cab.
> > Verify that the file exists and that it is accessible".
> >
> > The file "_13124_SdmModels.msm.cab" does exist and Iam able to view the cab
> > file's contents from explorer. So, I don't understand why this should happen.
> > Is it that VS 2005 can only be installed from a DVD/CD and not from a virtual