Hi all:
Have just attempted to install using the PHP installer on a local webserver running:

Apache 2.2
PHP 5.2.4
MySQL 5.0

OS - Vista home premium
Browser - FireFox

The installation window doesn't seem to see the loosened write permissions as it tells me it is unable to detect whether it can write to these files/folder:

.htaccess
/mysite
/tutorial
/assets

However - I did open up these permissions so went ahead with the install, which was able to write to the .htaccess and create_config files so I think they're OK.

But then I get the mod_rewrite not working message, and it connects me to rewritetest.php which takes a good long time to load and then is a completely blank page.

When I view the SS directory in my browser now I get the install page again, which asks me if I want to overwrite the current install.

I have uncommented the mod_rewrite in the apache conf file. But not sure how to enable AllowOverride. When I tried adding this for the SS directory Apache kept giving error messages. Also, when I tried adding the server.error-handler-404 = “/sapphire/main.php” as suggested I could not get apache to start.

Having gone through this three times now I'm admitting defeat. I'm sure the problem lies with my lack of knowledge in just exactly how I should be changing the apache conf file...

I also think I read somewhere that FF may be a problem and I should use IE7 instead for the install process? But I may have dreamt that up - my head is spinning at this point.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Botticelli's Venus? Well - it was going to be a long boring post and I thought she might help keep you interested!

Can anyone confirm that the latest release does, in fact, address this issue?
please?

were any of you guys able to find a solution to this problem? i've been at this for a week now with no success.

i'm attempting to install on a remote server (my hosting company's mediatemple). it's a unix server running apache/2.0.54, MySQL 4.1.11 and php 5.2.5