diff --git a/README b/README index d3ee16c6..b4a1c73f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ INTRODUCTION ============ -The ntfs-3g driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS -driver, which provides safe and fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows -Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows Vista filesystems. Almost the full -POSIX filesystem functionality is supported, the major exceptions are -changing the file ownerships and the access rights. +The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available read/write NTFS driver +for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, and Haiku. It provides safe and fast +handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows +Vista file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are supported, and +full file ownership and permission support is also coming along fast. The purpose of the project is to develop, continuously quality test and support a trustable, featureful and high performance solution for hardware @@ -29,26 +29,30 @@ web site at QUICK INSTALLATION ================== - -Make sure you have the basic Linux development tools and the full FUSE -package (http://fuse.sourceforge.net) is already installed correctly on -the computer. Then type: + +Linux: Make sure you have the basic development tools and the kernel includes +the FUSE kernel module. Then type: ./configure make make install # or 'sudo make install' if you aren't root. +Please note that NTFS-3G doesn't require the FUSE user space package anymore. + +Non-Linux: Please see the NTFS-3G web page for OS specific installation and +source packages. + USAGE ===== If there was no error during installation then the NTFS volume can be read-write mounted for everybody the following way (unmount the volume if -it was already mounted, and replace /dev/hda1 and /mnt/windows, if needed): +it was already mounted, and replace /dev/sda1 and /mnt/windows, if needed): - mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows + mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows or - ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows + ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows If your Operating System vendor didn't setup your language specific settings then you may also need to set the 'locale' mount option to make all filenames @@ -63,5 +67,5 @@ Please see the ntfs-3g manual page for more options and examples. You can also make NTFS to be mounted during boot by putting the below line at the __END__ of the /etc/fstab file: - /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0 + /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g defaults 0 0