Hi Ian
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>I think the problem is that the data is being sent in one big transaction. I may be wrong but the transaction log is certainly being filled up. As you are only sending data to the server as part of the installation and not using it in an application, I suggest you turn off the Transaction log for the database till the data is transferred.
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>You do this by editing the database in enterprise manager and clicking 'Truncate Log on Checkpoint' in the options page
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>HTH

Since recieving your thread, I've checked 'Truncate Log on Checkpoint' out in Books Online, and this sounds spot on. I've set the option and am about to give it a try...

Are you still in Switzerland??