X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3e4da74dc21e41d5eecba3f29e3a7b11f90fc046;hb=bc0b3d6f473e607972d29be27f7ae6b1d0489c3b;hp=0cf9c4f5167804cbef15bb31f2a6ec05ec940138;hpb=8d0068a752ee8e6bc223de5cb7cac5d190a8855e;p=libguestfs.git diff --git a/README b/README index 0cf9c4f..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 @@ -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 -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 @@ -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). +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. + Copyright and license information ----------------------------------------------------------------------