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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 86ba971a..1b79aa2a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
 
-                      (c)2001-2003 by Alexander Barton,
+                      (c)2001-2004 by Alexander Barton,
                     alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 I. Upgrade Information
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+Differences to version 0.8.x
+
+- The maximum length of passwords has been raised to 20 characters (instead
+  of 8 characters). If your passwords are longer than 8 characters then they
+  are cut at an other position now.
+
 Differences to version 0.6.x
 
 - Some options of the configure script have been renamed:
@@ -46,6 +52,20 @@ files (using a distribution archive or CVS) is as following:
   3) make
   4) make install
 
+(Please see details below!)
+
+Now the newly compiled executable "ngircd" is installed in its standard
+location, /usr/local/sbin/.
+
+The next step is to configure and afterwards starting the daemon. Please
+have a look at the ngircd(8) and ngircd.conf(5) manual pages for details
+and all possible options.
+
+If no previous version of the configuration file exists (the standard name
+is /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf), a sample configuration file containing all
+possible options will be installed there. You'll find its template in the
+doc/ directory: sample-ngircd.conf.
+
 
 1): "autogen.sh"
 
@@ -75,6 +95,11 @@ In addition, you can pass some command line options to "configure" to enable
 and/or disable some features of ngIRCd. All these options are shown using
 "./configure --help", too.
 
+Compiling a static binary will avoid you the hassle of feeding a chroot dir
+(if you want use the chroot feature). Just do something like:
+  CFLAGS=-static ./configure [--your-options ...]
+Then you can use a void directory as ChrootDir (like OpenSSH's /var/empty).
+
 
 3): "make"
 
@@ -93,6 +118,7 @@ This files will be installed by default:
 
 - /usr/local/sbin/ngircd: executable server
 - /usr/local/etc/ngircd.conf: sample configuration (if not already present)
+- /usr/local/share/doc/ngircd/: documentation
 
 
 II. Useful make-targets
@@ -147,7 +173,7 @@ These parameters could be passed to the ngIRCd:
 -p, --passive
 	Server-links won't be automatically established.
 
---configtest
+-t, --configtest
 	Reads, validates and dumps the configuration file as interpreted
 	by the server. Then exits.
 
@@ -157,4 +183,4 @@ number. In both cases the server exits after the output.
 
 
 -- 
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.15 2003/03/23 23:13:15 alex Exp $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.21 2005/02/10 08:20:09 alex Exp $