ASP.net MVC RC 2 - Won't Install... Because NGEN is having Catastrophic failures!

Question

I see that the new ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate 2 is out. No posts yet on Scott Gu's blog. Any idea's if this has broken anything? I'm currently using the beta version of the MVC with a couple of projects. I am about to start a new one.

Does the RC 2 break anything when moving from the Beta version?

[Update] Not able to install RC2 "Setup Wizard Ended Permaturely" because of an error. Here is someone experiencing the same problem. Any ideas?

[Update] Ok now I find that the dependancy on NGEN is the root of the failure. NGEN is logging 'Catastrophic failure' and then shutting down.

Do I need to reinstall anything? the OS?

Answer 1

No breaking changes from RC1 to RC2 but I think there might have been a few going from BETA to RC1.

Scott Gu's usual epic blog post on ASP.NET RC1.

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2009/01/27/asp-net-mvc-1-0-release-candidate-now-available.aspx

Answer 2

I found UPDATE half an answer. The following services need to be running inorder for the installation to complete.

• .Net Optimization Service
• ASP.Net State Service

Just a pitty the optimization service isn't happy

Answer 3

I've posted a trouble shooting guide for installation issues with ASP.NET MVC. Let me know if anything is missing.

Answer 4

Try this hotfix. You can download it here.

Phil Haack wrote about the problem here: http://haacked.com/archive/2009/03/06/hotfix-for-installing-aspnetmvc.aspx

It's likely that you're running into this issue too.