It sounds like you might be using an old version of MySQL. Have you looked at the requirements for running Elgg? http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Installation/Requirements
Hello :
In the QUERY: CREATE TABLE `elgg_system_log` try to avoid the slash:
`enabled` enum('yes','no') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'yes'
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