Good question. After multiple install/uninstalls, I've finally succeded. Certainly the process of decrypting the aolserver admin guide has improved my overall understanding, but the stress may have also taken months off my life. Obviously the problem lies in that fact that whomever is responsible for writing the guide assumes the reader knows their way around an operating system and has installed a server previously. I've come to believe this is as it should be. Translating the guide is similar to translating a dead language: go word by word, if necessary, and in the end you'll find it's all there. So my answer is no, but I commiserate fully.
