Is there a quick way to check a server for Craft's minimum requirements?
There is no way of programmatically checking whether a server fulfils the minimum requirements in Craft without uploading all of the Craft files, however I have created a script that performs all of Craft's web server related checks. It does not connect to a database so cannot check the MySQL version or that the InnoDB storage engine is installed and enabled, but this should be relatively easy to find out by asking your web hosting company.

The script is available for download here:

https://github.com/putyourlightson/craft-requirements