[support] profiles problem - newbie

[Marty Landman]

I am getting the message

"

No profiles available

We were unable to find any installer profiles. Installer profiles 
tell us what modules to enable and what schema to install in the 
database. A profile is necessary to continue with the installation process."


This is on a new site I am attempting to set up in a somewhat 
non-standard environment and I am unfamiliar with profiles.

How can I get started? Googling didn't quite do it for me.

Marty