diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 62061156..18c326c5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1620,6 +1620,8 @@ Udo Richter <udo_richter@gmx.de>
  for suppressing the automatic shutdown if the remote control is currently disabled
  for fixing a problem with calling isyslog() from within the SignalHandler()
  for reporting a problem with handling the maximum video file size
+ for suggesting to add a note to the INSTALL file about using subdirectories to
+ split a large disk into separate areas for VDR's video data and other stuff
 
 Sven Kreiensen <svenk@kammer.uni-hannover.de>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf.terr' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 28bc551c..02d35bc5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6031,7 +6031,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Oliver Endriss for reporting this).
 - Improved efficiency of cEIT::cEIT() (thanks to Tobias Bratfisch).
 
-2009-04-19: Version 1.7.6
+2009-04-25: Version 1.7.6
 
 - cDevice::PlayTs() now syncs on the TS packet sync bytes.
 - Made MAXFRAMESIZE a multiple of TS_SIZE to avoid breaking up TS packets.
@@ -6057,3 +6057,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - cDvbPlayer::Empty() subtracts 1 from readIndex, because Action() will first
   increment it.
 - Only storing non-zero Pts values in ptsIndex.
+- Added a note to the INSTALL file about using subdirectories to split a large
+  disk into separate areas for VDR's video data and other stuff (suggested by
+  Udo Richter).
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f4b63d71..d6833382 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -324,7 +324,14 @@ with the name of the basic directory when running 'vdr':
 Note that you should not copy any non-VDR files into the /videoX directories,
 since this might cause a lot of unnecessary disk access when VDR cleans up those
 directories and there is a large number of files and/or subdirectories in
-there.
+there. If you have a large disk that you want to use for VDR's video data as
+well as other stuff, you may want to create a subdirectory for VDR, as in
+
+   /mydisk/video0
+
+and put your other stuff into, say,
+
+   /mydisk/otherstuff
 
 If your video directory is mounted via a Samba share, and you are experiencing
 problems with replaying in fast forward mode, you can comment out the line