From 6d7da034a43e93f562e5ecc61f8e4024705034ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niko Ehrenfeuchter <nikolaus.ehrenfeuchter@unibas.ch>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:19:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update installation instructions.

---
 INSTALLATION-MANUAL.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 README.md              | 13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 INSTALLATION-MANUAL.md

diff --git a/INSTALLATION-MANUAL.md b/INSTALLATION-MANUAL.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Installation Instructions
+
+**PLEASE NOTE:** these instructions are mostly for documentation purposes, by
+default it is **strongly recommended** to use the installation script described
+in [README](README.md).
+
+## Setup
+
+
+
+## Service Startup
+
+Open a *PowerShell* console. To start the service and monitor its logfile, use
+the following commands:
+```
+Start-Service AutoTx
+Get-Content -Wait C:\Tools\AutoTx\service.log
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ Microsoft RoboCopy tool called [RoboSharp][web_robosharp].
 
 ## Installation
 
-Currently the service has to be installed *manually* using the `InstallUtil.exe`
-tool coming with the .NET framework. A PowerShell script to help with the
-installation is provided with each AutoTx package. To use the script, follow
-these steps:
+Currently the service doesn't have a *conventional* installer but rather has to
+be registered using the `InstallUtil.exe` tool coming with the .NET framework. A
+PowerShell script to help with the installation is provided with each AutoTx
+package. To use the script, follow these steps:
 
 - Log on to the computer using an account with adminstrative privileges.
 - Edit the `ScriptsConfig.ps1` settings file, adjust the values according to
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ these steps:
 - Navigate to the installation package directory, run the `Install-Service.ps1`
   script.
 
+### Manual Installation
+
+For detailed steps on how to do the installation steps yourself, have a look at
+the [manual installation](INSTALLATION-MANUAL.md) instructions.
+
 ## Operation
 
 ### Logging
-- 
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