diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index def0e725f79e2241fbe3e2ae4fe994f108d6dc36..d91b083222352ce619055089289fc847c5297cda 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # standard automake rules
 
 SUBDIRS = man lib scripts daemons docs testing tools
-EXTRA_DIST = docs/examples/ganeti.initd
+EXTRA_DIST = docs/examples/ganeti.initd docs/examples/ganeti.cron
 
 # custom rules
 depgraph: depgraph.png
diff --git a/docs/examples/ganeti.cron b/docs/examples/ganeti.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f6ed2416b893f6f6a76be94dcbd0122eade33313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/ganeti.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# restart failed instances
+*/5 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/ganeti-watcher
diff --git a/docs/install.sgml b/docs/install.sgml
index 250ec328a54e196b579a4ec21d7088de27d7239f..134f28c1bbb1fb4e84e8731865d910e49fad85bd 100644
--- a/docs/install.sgml
+++ b/docs/install.sgml
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@
       <para>
         Under Debian Etch or Sarge+backports you can install the
         relevant <literal>xen-linux-system</literal> package, which
-        will pull in both the hypervisor and the relevant kernel.
+        will pull in both the hypervisor and the relevant
+        kernel. Also, if you are installing a 32-bit Etch, you should
+        install the <computeroutput>lib6-xen</computeroutput> package
+        (run <computeroutput>apt-get install
+        libc6-xen</computeroutput>).
       </para>
       </formalpara>
 
@@ -254,7 +258,10 @@ ln -s initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686 initrd-2.6-xenU
         Ganeti will do it for you for every instance you set up.  If
         you have the DRBD utils installed and the module in your
         kernel you're fine. Please check that your system is
-        configured to load the module at every boot.
+        configured to load the module at every boot, and that it
+        passes the following option to the module:
+        <computeroutput>minor_count=64</computeroutput> (this will
+        allow you to use up to 32 instances per node).
       </para>
 
       <formalpara><title>Debian</title>
@@ -269,7 +276,8 @@ ln -s initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686 initrd-2.6-xenU
 apt-get install drbd0.7-module-source drbd0.7-utils
 m-a update
 m-a a-i drbd0.7
-modprobe drbd
+echo drbd minor_count=64 >> /etc/modules
+modprobe drbd minor_count=64
       </screen>
 
     </sect2>
@@ -498,6 +506,16 @@ mkdir /srv/ganeti/ /srv/ganeti/os /srv/ganeti/export
       </para>
       <screen>update-rc.d ganeti defaults 20 80</screen>
 
+      <para>
+        In order to automatically restart failed instances, you need
+        to setup a cron job run the
+        <computeroutput>ganeti-watcher</computeroutput> program. A
+        sample cron file is provided in the source at
+        <filename>docs/examples/ganeti.cron</filename> and you can
+        copy that (eventually altering the path) to
+        <filename>/etc/cron.d/ganeti</filename>
+      </para>
+
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>