Trying to set up Drupal

[jamie99]

Hey can anyone offer advice on how to set up Drupal? I have copied all the files however when I went to saveand continue after entering the database details, I got the following error

Warning: fopen(./sites/default/default.settings.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/myname/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc on line 188

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/macmumma/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc:18 in /home/myname/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc on line 618

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/macmumma/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc:18 in /home/myname/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc on line 619


I am totally new to all this kind of thing and feeling in th dark. Any Advice appreciated
Cheers

[garrettroyce]

The last two errors are a chain reaction from the first error.

Does the file listed exist?

[moiety]

/home/myname/public_html/drupal-6.13/includes/install.inc on line 188

The script isn't finding the file. The clue above is in the "myname" bit of the URL. There's a line of code -probably in a config file- that should have been changed to the path for your hosting account but wasn't.

/home/myname/public_html/
should be changed to something like:
/home/~jamie99/public_html/
...or whatever the server path to your account is. Which bit you need to change should be in the install instructions.

EDIT: ...and the server path is listed in your cPanel