there is a massive gap here…http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Installation
between 1.8 and 1.9.
nothing advising what do it if it fails, assumption is it is all smooooth, which is rarely likely, esp. when muppets like me are poncing about.
i also get sodall when i run install
http://www.fixingw.com
running http://www.fixingw.com/fixingw/wp-admin/install.php per the instructions
i have two domains in the directory (www.fixingw.com and pdfix.com), but each has separate wpress installn/directory.
there seems to be no concept that this happens to anyone else in the FAQ
which increases irritation!!!!