Fresh install on server - so is that fresh install just in the home directory? Are you installing into a database that already exists (that has tables in)? Just try making another database, so you're sure you're starting clean. If by stable version you mean ip_20080108_11015, then this installs without any problems provided you follow the instructions carefully and do not try and use an install script on an existing database.
Yes, the stable version is ip_20080108_11015m.
Yes, fresh install on a clean database and on root directory.
No, apparently it doesn't work the way you are saying, yet I have to agree that the first 3 installation made on similar servers were completed without a problem and the IP boards are running fine on them.