Quickstart Package 3.x

Been struggling with the never-ending loop during install, and found a fix that may help others...

Browse folders install->sql->mysql->joomla.sql

open joomla.sql with text edit or whatever and find and replace ALL - 'innodb' with 'myisam'

Installs fast and painless, seems joomla team changed this somewhere in the 3.x branch

Which package did you use? I've just install the latest news2 quickstart for J!3 without any problems on MAMP.