From 2eb7548edeb83f7d5163c981a16ab3ea2f9d1d2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martin <martin>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 13:34:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added note about config-dist.php

---
 doc/install.html | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/install.html b/doc/install.html
index e1f9693c9b..e7e5b002df 100755
--- a/doc/install.html
+++ b/doc/install.html
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@
 <H3><A NAME="config"></A>Edit config.php</H3>
 <P>Now you can edit the configuration file, config.php. This file is used by all 
   other files in Moodle.</P>
-<P>In it you specify the database details that you just defined, as well as the 
+<P>To start with, make a copy of config-dist.php and call it config.php.  We do
+   this so that your config.php isn't overwritten in case you upgrade Moodle 
+   later on.
+<P>Edit config.php to specify the database details that you just defined, as well as the 
   site address, file system directory, data directory and so on. The config file 
   has detailed directions.</P>
 <P>For the rest of this installation document we will assume your site is at: 
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