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|               README FILE FOR ARKEIA V5                 |
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| Copyright (c) 2002 by Arkeia, Corp. All Rights Reserved |
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0. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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|       0. Table of Contents.                             |
|       1. Introduction and Copyright notice.             |
|       2. Installation of Arkeia v5.                     |
|       3. Launching Arkeia v5.                           |
|       4. How to obtain help.                            |
|       5. How to report bugs.                            |
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1. INTRODUCTION AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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Welcome to Arkeia 5!

Arkeia version 5 is Copyright (c) 2002 by Arkeia, Corp.
All Rights Reserved.

Arkeia 5 is an advanced, state-of-the-art, network
backup and restoration software. It contains many enhancements
and changes from the previous version. We hope that you'll find
this version the best backup program on earth, and we thank you
in advance for your support.

ARKEIA 5 ("THE SOFTWARE") IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT 
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL 
ARKEIA CORP. BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

(This being said, let's move on to the rest of this ReadMe)

2. INSTALLATION OF ARKEIA 5 
===========================

Installation of Arkeia 5, using an "rpm" package:

Arkeia 5 is supplied in standard ".rpm" package 
files. To install a package, enter the following command
as root on a prompt:

	rpm -Uvh <name of the rpm file>

For more information on the "rpm" command, please check
its man pages with the command:

	man rpm

By default, the installation command indicated above will 
install all the components of Arkeia 5 Beta 1, which are:

	* Client
	* Server
	* GUI X11
	* Command-line interface (arkc)

These components, and all related files, are installed 
in the following directory on your hard disk:

	/opt/arkeia 

PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL ARKEIA 5 ON A MACHINE WHERE
ARKEIA 4.X IS ALREADY INSTALLED!!!

(Trust us: this will probably cause unnecessary pain and anguish)

PLEASE NOTE:

At this time, Arkeia 5 rpm files are available for
the following versions of Linux:

	Mandrake 7.2
	Mandrake 8.0
	Red Hat 6.2
	Red Hat 7.1
	SuSE 7.1

(And many others...)

To install Arkeia 5 on other versions of Linux, 
please refer to the manuals that were supplied with your
version. Most of the time, the ".rpm" file can be 
installed on any version of Linux, provided the "rpm"
utility has been ported to it.

Installation on a Slackware 8.0 system is possible by 
using the following command on the standard .rpm file:

	rpm --ivh --force --nodeps <name of the rpm file>

Installation of Arkeia 5, using a ".tar.gz" package:

For most UNIX other than Linux, Arkeia Corp. supplies
a ".tar.gz" package. This package can also be installed
on Linux systems that do not support the "rpm"-style
packaging.

Since Arkeia supports many platforms, we are not going
to include the complete list here. Let's just say it's
really long!    :-)

To install this package on your system, simply enter
the following commands as root:

	tar -xvzf <name of the .tar.gz file>
	cd <name of the installation directory>
	./install
	
The last command should start the installation procedure
for Arkeia version 5. The installation program may request
a few information to complete its procedure. If you do
not how to answer, just press the "ENTER" key on your
keyboard to select the default value. Most of the default
values have been chosen in such a way that the installation
should proceed correctly.

All other remarks indicated in the previous paragraph,
on the "rpm" installation, should also apply to the
installation with the ".tar.gz" package.

3. LAUNCHING ARKEIA 5
=====================

To launch Arkeia 5, enter the following commands as
root:

	cd /opt/arkeia
	cd bin
	./arkeiad &

The commands indicated above will launch the Arkeia Daemon,
which allows you to use Arkeia.

Once the Arkeia Daemon is running, enter the following command
to run the Arkeia graphical User Interface:

	/opt/arkeia/bin/xarkeia &

PLEASE NOTE:

The above command should be entered as root.

Once the Arkeia Daemon is running, enter the following command
to run arkc, the Arkeia command-line interface:

	/opt/arkeia/bin/arkc

PLEASE NOTE:

The above command should be entered as root.

4. HOW TO OBTAIN HELP.
======================

Arkeia 5 contains many sources of help.

The command-line interface of Arkeia, "arkc", contains a
complete, on-line documentation that can be accessed by
entering the following command:

	/opt/arkeia/bin/arkc -usage | less

(Please note that the use of the "less" pager is optional).

A complete version of the Arkeia 5 manual should be online
on the Arkeia Corp. web site, at the following URL:

	http://www.arkeia.com

A new manual, covering all the new functions of arkc, will 
also be put online shortly.



5. HOW TO REPORT A BUG.
=======================

What would be a software product without a way to report bugs?

:-)

If you find what you think is a bug, please try to reproduce
the behavior. If the bug can be reproduced, please post a
message to the Arkeia Discussion list. To subscribe to this
mailing list, please use the online form at the following
URL:

	http://www.arkeia.com/a5userlist.html

This mailing list is monitored by both the R&D team and the
Tech Support Team, who will test the bugs and try to correct
them as they come up.

If you have subscribed to an Arkeia Tech Support contract, you
are also entitled to a complete Support. Please refer to the
documentation supplied with your Support contract for more
details.

If you have downloaded our product from our web site, you
should also be eligible for a 30 days free Support Contract.
Please refer to our web site for more information.

We sincerely appreciate the time and the effort you have put
in the testing of Arkeia 5. With your help, this program will
become the best network backup software!

Thank you again for buying Arkeia version 5! 


                                        Arkeia Corporation.




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