I am running into a strange error while trying to perform a master database restore.
While trying to start the Server in Single user mode I get a error 17113, the Server stas in multi user mode as expected, but using the command line sqlservr.exe –m –s SERVER\SQL1 I get the Empty message box, setting single user mode -m in the Startup Parameters for SQL Server also fails with the following message in the sql log
2013-04-12 18:33:47.46 Server Registry startup parameters:
-m -dE:\SQL_Data\SQL1\MSSQL10_50.SQL1\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf
-e E:\SQL_Data\SQL1\MSSQL10_50.SQL1\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG
-l E:\SQL_Data\SQL1\MSSQL10_50.SQL1\MSSQL\DATA\mastlog.ldf
2013-04-12 18:33:47.46 Server Error: 17113, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2013-04-12 18:33:47.46 Server Error 3(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15100) occurred while opening file 'master.mdf' to obtain configuration information at startup. An invalid startup option might have caused the
error. Verify your startup options, and correct or remove them if necessary.
The -f option gives similar behaviour, the SQL Server is a fresh install over a previouly uninstalled SQL Server.