On the following screen:
install.php?profile=default&locale=en

I get the classic error message:

The settings file does not exist.
The Drupal installer requires that you create a settings file as part of the installation process. Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file to ./sites/default/settings.php. More details about installing Drupal are available in INSTALL.txt.

I know the instructions say that I should *COPY*; however, if I rename the file I get a white screen of death with the following error on this screen:

/install.php?profile=default&locale=en

Warning: fopen(/home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/sites/default/default.settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc on line 350 Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc:350) in /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/session.inc on line 175 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc:350) in /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc on line 863 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc:350) in /home/emmajane/websites/drupal/drupal7/HEAD/includes/install.inc on line 864

NB: I can enter my database information, but it's on the next screen after the db that I get the error.

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Catch pointed out that this is a duplicate of #312144: Install fails when default.settings.php is not present. I agree we should really fix this so it lets you copy *or* rename.