OK folks, sorted! My FTP client was playing up. Used a new FTP client and all works as advertised 
1 2008-09-25 09:36
Re: Installation failure (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
2 2008-09-25 09:21
Re: Installation failure (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
Slavok wrote:
What DB do you use? Try to download forum again and run installation.
I use MySQL and I've already tried downloading and installing twice with the same result. 
3 2008-09-24 16:42
Topic: Installation failure (3 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 troubleshooting)
I followed the installation instructions to the letter but I get the following error:-
Fatal error: Class 'DBLayer' not found in /home/elvisje/public_html/forum/install.php on line 355
Help please?