Added outline of shell command, added generator support.

[libguestfs.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index 0cf9c4f..3e4da74 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
 
 Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
 LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.).  It can also run commands
 
 Libguestfs provides ways to enumerate guest storage (eg. partitions,
 LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.).  It can also run commands

-in the context of the guest.  Also you can mount guest filesystems on
-the host (requires root privs and NFS).
+in the context of the guest.  Also you can access filesystems over FTP.

 
 Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
 programs (or management programs written in other languages, if people
 
 Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management
 programs (or management programs written in other languages, if people


@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ Notes on cross-architecture support
 
 At the moment we basically don't support cross-architecture or
 32-on-64.  This limits what is possible for some guests.  Filesystem
 
 At the moment we basically don't support cross-architecture or
 32-on-64.  This limits what is possible for some guests.  Filesystem

-operations and NFS export will work fine, but running commands in
+operations and FTP export will work fine, but running commands in

 guests may not be possible.
 
 To enable this requires work for cross-architecture and 32-on-64
 guests may not be possible.
 
 To enable this requires work for cross-architecture and 32-on-64


@@ -98,6 +97,13 @@ choose a Fedora mirror which is close to you, set this with
 './configure --with-mirror=[...]', and then proxy the whole lot
 through squid by setting http_proxy environment variable).
 
 './configure --with-mirror=[...]', and then proxy the whole lot
 through squid by setting http_proxy environment variable).
 

+You will also need to substantially increase the squid configuration
+limits:
+http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_Mock_to_test_package_builds#Using_Squid_to_Speed_Up_Mock_package_downloads
+
+IntelligentMirror is another possibility, although I couldn't get it
+to work for me.
+

 
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