diff --git a/fas/README b/fas/README
index 8c3bf20..d6e420f 100644
--- a/fas/README
+++ b/fas/README
@@ -19,18 +19,39 @@ script.
 
 .. _TurboGears: http://www.turbogears.org
 
-----------
-Installing
-----------
+-------------
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+Before you can get started, make sure to have the following packages installed
+(example being from Fedora 8 with a local postgres database server)::
 
-Partial list of prereqs.  When we build an rpm we'll nail this down in more
-detail:
+  yum install git-core postgresql-plpython postgresql-server postgresql-python \
+  python-TurboMail TurboGears pygpgme python-sqlalchemy python-genshi \
+  python-psycopg2
 
-  * pygpgme
-  * python-psycopg2
-  * python-sqlalchemy >= 0.4
-  * TurboGears
-  * python-genshi
+  # Note: on RHEL5 you need postgresql-pl instead of postgresql-plpython
+
+At present, the database needs to be a postgres database since we use triggers
+to manage some of the data (like syncing accounts with bugzilla).
+
+If you are unfamiliar with postgres and this is your first time installing it,
+you will want to generate the database and allow users to connect.  First as
+root run::
+
+  /etc/init.d/postgresql initdb
+
+Then make sure the bottom of /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf looks like::
+
+  # TYPE  DATABASE    USER        CIDR-ADDRESS          METHOD
+
+  # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
+  local   all         all                               ident sameuser
+  # IPv4 local connections:
+  #host    all         all         127.0.0.1/32          ident sameuser
+  # IPv6 local connections:
+  #host    all         all         ::1/128               ident sameuser
+ 
+  host all all 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 md5
 
 -------
 Hacking
@@ -47,15 +68,6 @@ that are created by the build script, setup.py::
 This will create the fas.egg-info directory which has metadata about the
 program.  It allows things like the identity provider to work.
 
-Next you need to setup a database to work with FAS.  At present, this needs to
-be a postgres database since we use triggers to manage some of the data (like
-syncing accounts with bugzilla).  So install postgres and plpython (the
-language that we've written our triggers in)::
-  # Fedora 8:
-  sudo yum -y install postgresql-server postgresql-plpython
-  # RHEL 5:
-  sudo yum -y install postgresql-server postgresql-pl
-
 Do any configuration necessary and start up the postgres server.  Then make the
 plpython language available on new databases, create a postgres user to manage
 the data and import the schema::