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diff --git a/bacula/README b/bacula/README
index fd5a3b952c..67c06b806b 100644
--- a/bacula/README
+++ b/bacula/README
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 
-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
+
+You will save yourself a lot of pain if you read
+the manual -- it is online at the above site.
 Barring reading the manual, you might try the
 following:
 
@@ -23,29 +17,12 @@ To Configure it:
     --with-pid-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin \
     --with-subsys-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin \
     --enable-gnome \
-    --with-mysql=$HOME/mysql \
+    --with-mysql \
     --with-working-dir=$HOME/bacula/bin/working \
     --with-dump-email=YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS \
     --with-job-email=YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS \
     --with-smtp-host=YOUR_SMTP_SERVER_ADDRESS
 
-Note, if you do not have readline installed on your
-system, you either need to add:
-     
-     --disable-readline 
-
-or add:
-
-     --with-readline=$HOME/bacula/depkgs1/readline
-
-where I assume you have loaded depkgs1 into $HOME/bacula
-and built the readline routine.      
-
-If you want to use SQLite, please download depkgs and
-build sqlite, then add something like:
-
-    --with-sqlite=$HOME/depkgs/sqlite
-
 
 Build Bacula:
 
@@ -59,10 +36,20 @@ Build Bacula:
 
 To create the database:
 
-   src/make_bacula_tables
+   src/cats/make_bacula_tables
+
+To install:
+
+   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)
 
@@ -72,3 +59,13 @@ 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.