Initially when I set up this site I didn't spend much time with it.
Now I am back at in and making a concerted effort to make something useful out of it. So in that light I am using a howto from http://drupal.org/node/194888
First thing of note is that I don't have physical access to the server. And the install process was done by the maintainer of the server. Thanks Mike.
So far I give the howto an above average rating.
I am a Debian Linux user so some comments will reflect that working environment. I also believe the server runs linux.