Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:14:34 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <gerhard.hellriegel@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Help - cannot install SAS

During install, you might have seen a message (a window), that you should
tell the routine the location of your setinit file. There is a default
file somewhere, that has a old setinit information. I think, you didn't
enter the right path to that file.
Unfortunately you might now have a problem: the modules, the installation
routine will install is also fit together with that wrong setinit. You can
now install the right setinit, but there might be the wrong modules
installed!
You can try it, but the secure way is to uninstall SAS, remember the path
to your license information file and while reinstalling tell SAS that
location.
Hope that helps.
Gerhard



On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:35:55 -0700, Fei <joey_qf@163.COM> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am trying to install SAS 9.1.3, but I cannot run SAS even though I
>was told that SAS is installed successfully. Error messages are:
>
>ERROR: The current date of Tuesday, March 18, 2008 is past the final
>       expiration date for your SAS system, which is Sunday, August 1,
>1993.
>       Please contact your SAS Software Representative to obtain your
>updated
>       SETINIT information.
>ERROR: Initialization of SETINIT information from SASHELP failed.
>FATAL: Unable to initialize the options subsystem.
>ERROR:   (SASXKINI): PHASE 3 KERNEL INITIALIZATION FAILED.
>UNABLE TO INITIALIZE THE SAS KERNEL
>
>I have checked my license, which is expired at June 2008, and my
>system time is updated. Have anyone had such a problem previously?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Fei