This information came out in RC2 and we'll see if it is changed once ConfigMgr 2012 goes RTM. Supported versions of SQL Server 2008 for RC2: · SQL Server 2008 SP2 Standard and Enterprise CU7 · SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 and CU4 ·...

If the install is almost complete and then rolls back, try this fix and give the SCSM services a bit longer to start http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922918

Applying a CU for Service Manager and getting "Patcher returned error 1642:Unknown error (0x66a)"? Odds are you are trying to apply the wrong CU. For example, you downloaded CU3 for Service Manager 2010 and you really meant to download the CU3 for Service...