kilroy on "Zenphoto reinstalls constantly"

I am installing Zenphoto as a subdirectory of a website.

After installation, when I load the homepage, it goes straight to the reinstall.

If I lock the install files, it still searches for the files at loading and I get an object not found error on
Album : zp-core/setup/index.php

Same thing with ZP 1.4.13 and 1.4.12

I get a few warnings during install:
PHP version: 5.3.3
Mysql: 5.1.73
UTF-8 selected
Nothing else and no error message after install.

I am Installing to a /photos subdirectory.
I modified the .htaccess with
RewriteBase /photos