Just installed Drupal 6 onto Dreamhost and hit a few issues which I suspect are common. For the PHP/Drupal fans out there these will seem petty but I'm not a PHP developer but do want to set-up Drupal quickly and easily.

1. Don't use the dreamhost one click install, it will set up a highly managed version of drupal which won't be in your home folder and you won't be able to add modules or themes making it pretty useless.

2. Set up Drupal manually:

Follow the instruction in the dreamhost wiki but bear in mind the following points: