Maximum Execution time exceeded on install

[almostgem]

Hi,
I'm trying to install serendipity to an XAMPP server residing on my thumb drive. The machine is running XP pro, and it's XAMPP ver 1.7.4 - Apache 2.2.17 Mysql 5.5.8 PHP 5.3.5.
I created a SQL database called serendipity from PHP myAdmin 3.3.9 , and then restarted Apache and Mysql.

When trying to run http://localhost/serendipity I get the following error :

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Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in E:\xampp\htdocs\serendipity\include\functions_installer.inc.php on line 1222
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The php line varies, but it's always in that module.

Thanks for any insight you can lend. Can I set the timeout greater based on the fact that I'm installing to a USB device, or will this help ? I'm not running XAMPP as a service as this is a portable installation and I plan on using it elsewhere.

John Gould
almostgem

[Timbalu]

Is this possible running xampp on USB device?

put a php.ini in your doc root or serendipity root with

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max_execution_time = 60     ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds
max_input_time = 120	; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data
memory_limit = 128M      ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)

or re-edit your original php.ini and restart.