Installing Drupal

I just figured out it needs to be created but don't know where? Right under the main url in the public_html folder? Also what access level does it need on it?

Thanks!

In my /sites directory I have the following sub directories

drwxr-xr-x 2 user group 4096 Aug 6 22:22 default/
drwxr-xr-x 3 user group 4096 Aug 13 20:45 domain.com/
drwxr-xr-x 3 user group 4096 Aug 13 20:43 domain.com.take2/

My understanding is that if I go to the url http://domain.com/take2/ I should see a new drupal install based on the net settings.php file in /domain.com.take2/ but instead it goes to the default website.

What am I doing wrong?

I just finished the install and set up my #1 user. I thought I had everything set up correctly but I am getting the following error when I do pretty much anything in the admin application.

Location: /?q=admin/themes/settings/bluemarine
Message: mkdir(files): Permission denied in /home/campusja/public_html/includes/file.inc on line 86.
Severity: error

Line 86 is this one:
if (($mode & FILE_CREATE_DIRECTORY) && @mkdir($directory, 0760)) {

I get (The directory /files does not exist.) at the top of the setting page.

and way up at the top of the same page i get
(warning: mkdir(/files): Permission denied in /home/georgia/public_html/includes/file.inc on line 86.)

whats the deal?

I'm in the process of installing Drupal 4.6.2 on a up-to-date Fedora Core 3 installation. (I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade" before starting.) I followed the instructions in INSTALL.txt through creating the database and a "files" subdirectory. I am running Apache 2. When I try accessing the site through the web browser, it hangs. Specifically, my browser endlessly displays "Transferring data from localhost..."

You would think in a perfect world that typing
apt-get install drupal
on your new Debian Sarge box would work.
However, it seems to have plunged me into a half-installed nether-world limbo.
I'm still not sure where it hiccuped, but removing and re-installing did not help.
Maybe I shoulda used aptitude but I think its too late now.