Updates for debugging disk seek

[bacula/bacula] / bacula / README

diff --git a/bacula/README b/bacula/README
index 5c5d9b113cc32dacd6ca6e8734ef9f79c61742b2..ea5a760f3d20902fd87ecb00713da85aaa7db090 100644 (file)
--- a/bacula/README
+++ b/bacula/README
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 
-As you will note, I don't follow the standard GNU release
-numbering conventions, but rather one that I started in
-1970.  My internal releases were 0.nn, the first release to
-another user was 1.0, each modified source code release then
-gets a new minor release (1.1, ...) as well as a date.  Each
-major change in the software -- e.g.  new tape format will
-normally have the major release number incremented.
-
-Your best bet for getting Bacula up and running is to read
-the manual, which can be found in
-<bacula-main-directory>/doc/html-manual, or in
-<bacula-main-directory>/doc/bacula.pdf.
+Your best bet to get Bacula compiled and running is
+to read the online manual at:
+
+  http://www.bacula.org
 
 Barring reading the manual, you might try the
 following:
@@ -22,6 +14,7 @@ To Configure it:
     --sysconfdir=$HOME/bacula/bin \
     --with-pid-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin \
     --with-subsys-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin \
+    --with-sqlite=$HOME/depkgs/sqlite \
     --enable-gnome \
     --with-mysql=$HOME/mysql \
     --with-working-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin/working \
@@ -29,6 +22,11 @@ To Configure it:
     --with-job-email=YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS \
     --with-smtp-host=YOUR_SMTP_SERVER_ADDRESS
 
+If you want to use SQLite, please download depkgs and
+build sqlite, then add something like:
+
+    --with-sqlite=$HOME/depkgs/sqlite
+
 
 Build Bacula:
 
@@ -40,12 +38,22 @@ Build Bacula:
    lib/signal.c as I currently pull in all Linux signals, some of
    which may not be available on your system.
 
-To creat the database:
+To create the database:
+
+   src/cats/make_bacula_tables
+
+To install:
 
-   src/make_bacula_tables
+   make install
 
 To start it:
 
+   cd $HOME/bacula/bin
+   ./bacula start
+
+To start it (as a developer). This is not appropriate if you
+are installing Bacula.
+
    ./startit
    ./console (or ./gnome-console)
 
@@ -55,3 +63,13 @@ To stop it:
 
 Well, it is all just a bit more complicated than that,
 but you should have the idea.
+
+Be sure you read the chapter about testing your tape drive!
+Don't waste a lot of time setting up and running Bacula, if
+your drive is not supported.
+
+FreeBSD users, pay special attention to the Device configuration
+parameters needed to deal with FreeBSD tape drivers.
+
+License:
+Please see the file LICENSE for the terms of the license.