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The error is on a blank white page, apparently a table with two cells, like this:

-1 - An error has occurred.

It was not possible to copy the selected file

I have tried as many of the suggestions as I can find, including extending the timeouts, etc. PHP Safe mode is off. File permissions seem OK, and several other packages upload just fine.

Configuration:
Joomla: Production stable 1.5.9 (Vatani)
PHP: 5.2.8
Server: Linux
Browser: Firefox 3.0.6

php.ini says:
memory_limit = 64M
register_globals = off
max_execution_time = 900
mysql.connect_timeout = 120

Now, as to what is different on my system from what the installer might be assuming:
1) My joomla root is non-standard (it has underscore in the name, but is directly below root.
2) My temp file is non-standard (it has ampersand in the name, but is directly below the joomla root folder)

Example (not real data)
/
...My_Joomla_Root_Folder
......MyTemporary&Folder

The installer runs for a long time, about 5 minutes, before it gets to the error noted above.

The installer generatates a lot of files and directories before failing. See snapshot. Most of these are under the admin directory, but there's also a com_civicrm under components. It has two files, civicrm.html.php and civicrm.php

Trying to install 2.1.4 stable. However, I am not sure of the differences between the beta versions. My choices seem to be:
civicrm-2.2.beta2-joomla-alt.zip  Size is 12383604
civicrm-2.2.beta2-joomla.zip  Size is 11055453

What's the difference between these versions?

Will try to install 2.2. If that is successful, would it indicate a bug in the installer for 2.1.4?

Tried first installer. Too late (almost 1am) to try second installer (-alt). Here are the results.

Installation errors after about 3 minutes. Using non-standard temp directory.

Warning: fopen(/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/templates/CRM/common/civicrm.settings.php.tpl) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 239

Warning: fopen(/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/templates/CRM/common/civicrm.settings.php.tpl) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 239

Warning: include_once(/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/configure.php on line 92

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening '/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/configure.php on line 92
Cannot open CIVICRM_DSN: DB Error: not found

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Installation errors after about 3 minutes. Using standard tmp directory.

Warning: fopen(/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/templates/CRM/common/civicrm.settings.php.tpl) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 239

Warning: fopen(/homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/templates/CRM/common/civicrm.settings.php.tpl) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/libraries/joomla/filesystem/file.php on line 239
Cannot open CIVICRM_DSN: DB Error: not found

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However, civiCRM has installed. Running it gives following error:

Warning: require_once(CRM/Core/Config.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/admin.civicrm.php on line 17

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'CRM/Core/Config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/mysite/htdocs/Root/administrator/components/com_civicrm/admin.civicrm.php on line 17

In fact, there is no file Config.php in the specified directory.

hmmm.
What, specifically, needs to be upgraded? I have 250GB of disk space, 2.5Terabytes/month transfer volume. What else is needed for civiCRM? What failure mode do you diagnose to make your recommendation? TIA.