This is wimlib version 1.0.0 (September 2012). wimlib can be used to read,
write, and mount files in the Windows Imaging Format (WIM files). These
files are normally created by using the `imagex.exe' utility on Windows,
-but this library provides a free implementetion of imagex for UNIX-based
+but this library provides a free implementation of imagex for UNIX-based
systems.
WIM FILES
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
* libntfs-3g
Unless configured with --without-ntfs-3g, wimlib requires 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.
+ and headers for libntfs-3g version 2011-4-12 or later to be installed.
+ Versions dated 2010-3-6 and earlier do not work because they are missing
+ the header xattrs.h (and the file xattrs.c, which contains functions we
+ need).
* cdrkit (optional)
* mtools (optional)
LICENSE
As of version 1.0.0, wimlib is released under the GNU GPL version 3.0 or later.
-This includes the files in the `programs' directory.
+This includes the files in the `programs' directory as well as the files in the
+`src' directory.
+
+wimlib is independently developed and does not contain any code, data, or files
+copyrighted by Microsoft. It is not known to be affected by any patents.
DISCLAIMER