If you want to try out the latest pantheon on a linode server but are having trouble with its awesomely rapid development (i.e. bleeding edge) you should have better luck with my linode branch on github. I plan to keep it up to date with new changes in pantheon trunk but this branch should always be in a state that installs on a fresh lucid linode server.
Read the instructions in the README but basically:
- Install fresh 64 bit 10.04 lucid on linode
- ssh in as root
- run instructions in README (https://github.com/boztek/mercury/tree/linode)
- setup ssh tunnel to server for hudson access
- execute pantheon_config build from hudson
- execute install_site build (use 'pantheon' as project and profile)
- run drupal install.php from browser to install
- DONE!
Easy squeazy. Hope that helps those having trouble.