Magento 1.7.0.2 installation redirect loop index.php/install

Question

I've downloaded magento 1.7.0.2 and uploaded onto my WAMP server. I make sure that rewrite_module is enabled on Apache. But when I'm trying to run the installation, after the Configuration page where I entered database information and stuff, the server throws an infinite redirect loop.

I'm not sure if it's because of the rewrite engine or Virtual Host that I'm using on Apache.

Help is appreciated! Thanks.

Answer 1

It happened to me too. I tried to install 1.7.0.2 with nginx and sample data from magento.

It seems that the problem is the sample data (or any other data in the magenta's database) according to http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/5182/#

Clearing the database and extracting the source code again fixed the problem for me.