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Attempting to install standalone civicrm at http://tardy.net/xcivicrm:

1) After entering database details and clicking on "Re-check Requirements", the installation says they are not correct, throwing the error:
"Oops! Please Correct Your Install Location
Please untar (uncompress) your downloaded copy of CiviCRM in the sites/all/modules directory below your Drupal root directory. Refer to the online http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Installation+and+Upgrades for more information.
If you want to setup / install a Standalone CiviCRM version (i.e. not a Drupal or Joomla module), click here.";

2) After hard coding the database detail into /install/index.php, the install shows all green parameters and seems ready to go;
3) From this point on, clicking on "Check Requirements and Install CiviCRM" loops back to #1, which then loops back to #3, ad infinitum.

Any help would be appreciated.

The folder name xcivicrm was not a mistake.  It was an election.  I tried changing it to civicrm anyway, with no different result.  The cause of the error lies elsewhere.