X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=91deb1c064ff4ad895e2647b0512c6231d523b31;hb=1cfb17b5e36ad9b6148a14a5bcc8a68689ec10ec;hp=39f447842f6fef6e4e04d9765cc2ccdcd07dcaf0;hpb=e32babce0a18a34620630264857ad12fcad13d31;p=wimlib diff --git a/README b/README index 39f44784..91deb1c0 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ format, and LZX compression format. The XPRESS documentation is acceptable, but the LZX documentation is not entirely correct, and the WIM documentation itself is very incomplete and is of unacceptable quality. +A WIM file may be either stand-alone or split into multiple parts. + WINDOWS PE A major use for this library is to create customized images of Windows PE, the @@ -82,19 +84,21 @@ server for PXE booting. See the main page `doc/mkwinpeiso.1' for more details. * libfuse Unless configured with --without-fuse, wimlib requires a non-ancient - version of libfuse to be installed. see above). Most GNU/Linux - distributions already include this, but make sure you have the libfuse - package installed (libfuse-dev if your distribution distributes header - files separately). FUSE also requires a kernel module. - If the kernel module is available it will automatically be loaded if you - try to mount a WIM file. For more information see - http://fuse.sourceforge.net/. FUSE is also available for FreeBSD. + version of libfuse to be installed. Most GNU/Linux distributions + already include this, but make sure you have the libfuse package + installed, and also libfuse-dev if your distribution distributes header + files separately. FUSE also requires a kernel module. If the kernel + module is available it will automatically be loaded if you try to mount + a WIM file. For more information see http://fuse.sourceforge.net/. + FUSE is also available for FreeBSD. * libntfs-3g Unless configured with --without-ntfs-3g, wimlib requires the library - and headers for libntfs-3g to be installed. Currently, the version - dated 2012-1-15 is required because I've cloned some of the code from - the library. + and headers for libntfs-3g to be installed. Currently, the libntfs-3g + version dated 2012-1-15 is required because I've cloned some of the code + from the library, and it needs to compiled against the same version. + I'm hoping to be able to use future version of libntfs-3g without code + cloning after submitting some patches, however. * cdrkit (optional) * mtools (optional)