[danvollans]

The reason for the loop is that it’s trying to create repeat tables in the database, either new database or the wordpress database, whichever one you chose to use. I believe this is the cause for the loop, if you go into mysql, use:

mysql -u <user> -p

and then type your password

type:

use <databasename>

then type show tables;

and then type drop table <table name with prefix bb_>

and drop each table that was a remnant of bbpress. This is the way to start a new install.