--- a/INSTALL.txt	Tue Dec 23 14:30:08 2008 +0100
+++ b/INSTALL.txt	Tue Dec 23 14:30:28 2008 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $Id: INSTALL.txt,v 1.61.2.2 2008/02/07 20:46:56 goba Exp $
+// $Id: INSTALL.txt,v 1.61.2.4 2008/07/09 19:15:59 goba Exp $
 
 CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
 ---------------------
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 a variety of operating systems and web servers, see "Local server setup"
 (http://drupal.org/node/157602) in the Drupal handbook.
 
-OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
----------------------
+OPTIONAL TASKS
+--------------
 
 - To use XML-based services such as the Blogger API and RSS syndication,
   you will need PHP's XML extension. This extension is enabled by default.
@@ -74,13 +74,27 @@
    http://drupal.org/project/translations and download the package. Extract
    the contents to the same directory where you extracted Drupal into.
 
-2. GRANT WRITE PERMISSIONS ON CONFIGURATION FILE
+2. CREATE THE CONFIGURATION FILE AND GRANT WRITE PERMISSIONS
 
    Drupal comes with a default.settings.php file in the sites/default
-   directory. The installer will create a copy of this file filled with
-   the details you provide through the install process, in the same
-   directory. Give the web server write privileges to the sites/default
-   directory with the command (from the installation directory):
+   directory. The installer uses this file as a template to create your
+   settings file using the details you provide through the install process.
+   To avoid problems when upgrading, Drupal is not packaged with an actual
+   settings file. You must create a file named settings.php. You may do so
+   by making a copy of default.settings.php (or create an empty file with
+   this name in the same directory). For example, (from the installation
+   directory) make a copy of the default.settings.php file with the command:
+
+     cp sites/default/default.settings.php sites/default/settings.php
+
+   Next, give the web server write privileges to the sites/default/settings.php
+   file with the command (from the installation directory):
+
+     chmod o+w sites/default/settings.php
+
+  So that the files directory can be created automatically, give the web server
+  write privileges to the sites/default directory with the command (from the
+  installation directory):
 
      chmod o+w sites/default
 
@@ -117,11 +131,17 @@
      mkdir sites/default/files
      chmod o+w sites/default/files
 
-   The install script will attempt to write-protect the sites/default
-   directory after creating the settings.php file. If you make manual
-   changes to that file later, be sure to protect it again after making
-   your modifications. Failure to remove write permissions to that file
-   is a security risk. Although the default location for the settings.php
+   The install script will attempt to write-protect the settings.php file and
+   the sites/default directory after saving your configuration. However, you
+   may need to manually write-protect them using the commands (from the
+   installation directory):
+
+     chmod a-w sites/default/settings.php
+     chmod a-w sites/default
+
+   If you make manual changes to the file later, be sure to protect it again
+   after making your modifications. Failure to remove write permissions to that
+   file is a security risk. Although the default location for the settings.php
    file is at sites/default/settings.php, it may be in another location
    if you use the multi-site setup, as explained below.
 
@@ -182,7 +202,7 @@
    unexpected problems on an existing site. If you modify the file system path
    on an existing site, remember to copy all files from the original location
    to the new location.
-   
+
    Some administrators suggest making the documentation files, especially
    CHANGELOG.txt, non-readable so that the exact version of Drupal you are
    running is slightly more difficult to determine. If you wish to implement