Craft install stuck on "Oops" screen I've uploaded the files, verified permissions and set up the database. When I run the install, I see the monkey, and I enter in my details. It appears to go well, until a screen showing only: &quot;Oops&quot;
Using Ben Croker's Craft Requirements Checker, I get:

Success
Minimum requirements met. Craft can run on this server!!

The server is running MySQL 5.1.56 with InnoDB, so I believe it's capable of running Craft.
Any advice?
The cause of this is most likely an overloaded (very common if this is a shared hosting account) or misconfigured MySQL server.

The installer itself should only take 10-20 seconds on 99% of hosts.  However on this one, it sits for about 120 seconds, before Apache redirects the AJAX request to:

'p' =&gt; 'internal_error.html',


As seen from your log files.  The underlying error is probably being logged in your Apache error logs, but it is most likely something related to a timeout from the long request.

If I try to manually execute the SQL from a database dump that is working, removing Craft from the equation entirely, it does finish in time, but still takes about 45 seconds when it should be done in less than 10.

I'd contact your host and ask them to check on the performance/configuration of your MySQL box.