I have done a lot of research and I can't seem to pinpoint my problem(s).
We are installing wpmu on a virtual server (windows server 2003) using vmware. We are trying to install apache, php and mysql separately instead of using wamp because we don't want to use mysqlite.
It was hard to pinpoint our exact problem and there could be different ones. First, we ran into the problem where we SAW the php code. We got that fixed (not sure how..).
Now we keep getting 500 errors, then we get it to work and it goes to the main install page. However, it will say mod_rewrite is not enabled or active even when we commented out the line in httpd.conf . After we fill in DB info it will say "cannot connect to DB".
The thing is, is that we will refresh the page after a change and it will work. Then we refresh it again and it will give us a 500 page. We have tried adding the host to the hosts file.
Here are my questions:
1.) Could there be a delay in my changes or apache restarts?
2.) Does not having the mod_rewrite working cause DB connection issues?
3.) Are there any directions to install wpmu using separate packages instead of wamp (because I have found some of those).
4.) When we get the "cannot connect to DB" what are the possible problems if we know the DB info is correct. We tried going into wp-config and entering in the info as well.
Thanks for any help.