X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=b576eaa4a37ac1362e5343f41a492f6d7379d2c4;hb=b418fde525bd458518b88d88122556ce458c94a3;hp=aa40c5d8e497f92c80b5c5b1c3584ca5bb5e0aa1;hpb=9cea97563687a186c563171c067a688004f7ad27;p=wimlib diff --git a/README b/README index aa40c5d8..b576eaa4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ for Debian and RPM packaging are in the debian/ and rpm/ directories. To install wimlib and wimlib-imagex on Windows, just download and extract the ZIP file containing the latest binaries. See README.WINDOWS for more details. -All official wimlib releases are available from SourceForge -(http://sourceforge.net/projects/wimlib/files). +All official wimlib releases are available from http://wimlib.net. WIM FILES @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ file extension rather than ".wim". They are supported in wimlib since v1.6.0. IMAGEX IMPLEMENTATION wimlib itself is a C library, and it provides a documented public API (See: -http://wimlib.sourceforge.net) for other programs to use. However, it is also +http://wimlib.net/apidoc) for other programs to use. However, it is also distributed with a command-line program called "wimlib-imagex" that uses this library to implement an imaging tool similar to Microsoft's ImageX. wimlib-imagex supports almost all the capabilities of Microsoft's ImageX as well @@ -191,10 +190,10 @@ platform-dependent way: For both platforms the code for NTFS capture and extraction is complete enough that it is possible to apply an image from the "install.wim" contained in recent -Windows installation media (Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8) directly to an NTFS -filesystem, and then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration -Data. In addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a -WIM file, and then re-applied later. +Windows installation media (Vista or later) directly to an NTFS filesystem, and +then boot Windows from it after preparing the Boot Configuration Data. In +addition, a Windows installation can be captured (or backed up) into a WIM file, +and then re-applied later. WINDOWS PE @@ -208,12 +207,11 @@ and can be used to install Windows from local media or a network drive or perform maintenance. It is the operating system that runs when you boot from the Windows installation media. -You can find Windows PE on the installation DVD for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or -Windows 8, in the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the -Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from -Microsoft, inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on -Windows, or on UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or -`p7zip' programs. +You can find Windows PE on the installation media for Windows (Vista or later) +as the file `sources/boot.wim'. Windows PE can also be found in the Windows +Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is free to download from Microsoft, +inside the `WinPE.cab' file, which you can extract natively on Windows, or on +UNIX-like systems if you install either the `cabextract' or `p7zip' programs. In addition, Windows installations and recovery partitions frequently contain a WIM containing an image of the Windows Recovery Environment, which is similar to