NSIS Free Software installer, so if you have already installed Windows
software, it should be very familiar to you.
-If you have a previous version Cygwin of Bacula (1.32 or lower) installed, you
-should stop the service, uninstall it, and remove the Bacula installation directory possibly
-saving your bacula-fd.conf file for use with the new version you will install.
-The new native version of Bacula has far fewer files than the old Cygwin
-version, so it is better to start with a clean directory.
+If you have a previous version Cygwin of Bacula (1.32 or lower) installed,
+you should stop the service, uninstall it, and remove the Bacula
+installation directory possibly saving your bacula-fd.conf file for use
+with the new version you will install. The new native version of Bacula
+has far fewer files than the old Cygwin version, so it is better to start
+with a clean directory.
Finally, proceed with the installation.
\item If you are installing for the first time, you will be asked if you want
to edit the bacula-fd.conf file, and if you respond with yes, it will be
- opened in notepad.
+ opened in notepad. Note, if you have installed Bacula to a drive other
+ than C: you probably should prefix the installation drive name to each
+ of the directory references in the bacula-fd.conf file, in particular
+ the {\bf WorkingDirectory} and the {\bf Pid Directory} directives.
+
+ Also, if you do not wish to see the full listing of all files restored
+ in the job output after running a restore job, you can add {\bf ,
+ !restored} to the {\bf director} directive in the {\bf Messages}
+ resource.
-\item Then the installer will ask if you wish to install Bacula as a service. You
+\item Then the installer will ask if you wish to install Bacula as a service. You
should always choose to do so:
\addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{Win32 Client Service Selection}
\includegraphics{./win32-service.eps}
-\item If everything goes well, you will receive the following confirmation:
+\item If everything goes well, you will receive the following confirmation:
\addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{Win32 Client Service Confirmation}
\includegraphics{./win32-service-ok.eps}
NSIS Free Software installer, so if you have already installed Windows
software, it should be very familiar to you.
-If you have a previous version Cygwin of Bacula (1.32 or lower) installed, you
-should stop the service, uninstall it, and remove the Bacula installation directory possibly
-saving your bacula-fd.conf file for use with the new version you will install.
-The new native version of Bacula has far fewer files than the old Cygwin
-version, so it is better to start with a clean directory.
+If you have a previous version Cygwin of Bacula (1.32 or lower) installed,
+you should stop the service, uninstall it, and remove the Bacula
+installation directory possibly saving your bacula-fd.conf file for use
+with the new version you will install. The new native version of Bacula
+has far fewer files than the old Cygwin version, so it is better to start
+with a clean directory.
Finally, proceed with the installation.
\item If you are installing for the first time, you will be asked if you want
to edit the bacula-fd.conf file, and if you respond with yes, it will be
- opened in notepad.
+ opened in notepad. Note, if you have installed Bacula to a drive other
+ than C: you probably should prefix the installation drive name to each
+ of the directory references in the bacula-fd.conf file, in particular
+ the {\bf WorkingDirectory} and the {\bf Pid Directory} directives.
+
+ Also, if you do not wish to see the full listing of all files restored
+ in the job output after running a restore job, you can add {\bf ,
+ !restored} to the {\bf director} directive in the {\bf Messages}
+ resource.
-\item Then the installer will ask if you wish to install Bacula as a service. You
+\item Then the installer will ask if you wish to install Bacula as a service. You
should always choose to do so:
\addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{Win32 Client Service Selection}
\includegraphics{./win32-service.eps}
-\item If everything goes well, you will receive the following confirmation:
+\item If everything goes well, you will receive the following confirmation:
\addcontentsline{lof}{figure}{Win32 Client Service Confirmation}
\includegraphics{./win32-service-ok.eps}