Can't start up a fresh install of the latest version of CodeIgniter

[eluser]Mike J.[/eluser]
Hi Guys,

I checked the System requirements and it told me that I need at least PHP 5.1.6 and a Database.

I have PHP 5.2 with Mysql higher than version 4.1

when I setup my apache to point to codeigniter, load it on the browser it will be in a endless loop loading something in the background.

I am very new to codeigniter and I do not know how to check what is going on in the backend.

in the index.php file, I put in echo "hi"; exit; to check if apache or something else was broken but no, the Browser did display my echo so I am not sure what to do next.