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index 05bb350..3e4da74 100644
--- 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
-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
@@ -36,6 +35,11 @@ Requirements
 
 - XDR, rpcgen
 
+- (Optional) perldoc to generate the manual pages
+
+- (Optional) OCaml if you want to modify the code or rebuild certain
+generated files.
+
 - (Optional) local Fedora mirror
 
 Running ./configure will check you have all the requirements installed
@@ -69,7 +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
-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
@@ -93,6 +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).
 
+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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