X-Git-Url: https://git.sven.stormbind.net/?p=sven%2Ffuse-exfat.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=2b98bbce3c1cf7fe7298d41ed7ef881a311059f7;hp=1e3dff5b310609d7cbfaa509635929ca94d205a4;hb=HEAD;hpb=8a8d01d70b21c1205594ecd2882f4b1dbc55bd7a diff --git a/README b/README index 1e3dff5..2b98bbc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,43 +8,62 @@ Supported operating systems: * GNU/Linux * Mac OS X 10.5 or later * FreeBSD -* OpenBSD Most GNU/Linux distributions already have fuse-exfat and exfat-utils in their repositories, so you can just install and use them. The next chapter describes how to compile them from source. Compiling --------- -To build this project under GNU/Linux you need to install the following packages: +To build this project on GNU/Linux you need to install the following packages: -* pkg-config +* [pkg-config][7] * fuse-devel (or libfuse-dev) -* gcc -* make +* [gcc][8] +* [make][9] + +On Mac OS X: + +* pkg-config +* [OSXFUSE][10] +* [Xcode][11] (legacy versions include autotools but their versions are too old) + +On OpenBSD: + Get the source code, change directory and compile: - ./configure --prefix=/usr + ./configure make -Then install driver and utilities: +Then install driver and utilities (from root): + + make install + +You can remove them using this command (from root): - sudo make install + make uninstall Mounting -------- -Modern GNU/Linux distributions will mount exFAT volumes automatically—util-linux-ng 2.18 (was renamed to util-linux in 2.19) is required for this. Anyway, you can mount manually (you will need root privileges): +Modern GNU/Linux distributions (with [util-linux][12] 2.18 or later) will mount exFAT volumes automatically. Anyway, you can mount manually (from root): - sudo mount.exfat-fuse /dev/sdXn /mnt/exfat + mount.exfat-fuse /dev/spec /mnt/exfat -where /dev/sdXn is the partition special file, /mnt/exfat is a mountpoint. +where /dev/spec is the [device file][13], /mnt/exfat is a mountpoint. Feedback -------- If you have any questions, issues, suggestions, bug reports, etc. please create an [issue][3]. Pull requests are also welcome! -[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT -[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace +[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT +[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace [3]: https://github.com/relan/exfat/issues +[7]: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/ +[8]: https://gcc.gnu.org/ +[9]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/ +[10]: https://osxfuse.github.io/ +[11]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode +[12]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/ +[13]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_file