diff --git a/sm5/INSTALL b/sm5/INSTALL index 2f00ef7c2c4a3305e44097a449d28da67339ef24..2c284614025db2a6a908b143a9f47d7cb1e1be33 100644 --- a/sm5/INSTALL +++ b/sm5/INSTALL @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Smartmontools installation instructions ======================================= -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.42 2004/04/11 17:13:38 chrfranke Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.43 2004/04/26 18:57:33 chrfranke Exp $ Please also see the smartmontools home page: http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ @@ -302,12 +302,18 @@ Same as Red Hat: --with-initscriptdir=/etc/rc.d/init.d \ --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/smartmontools-VERSION + Using DOS text file type as default for the working directories ("textmode" + mount option) is not recommended. Building the binaries and man pages using + "make" is possible, but "make dist" and related targets work only with UNIX + file type ("binmode" mount option) set. The "autogen.sh" script prints a + warning if DOS type is selected. + [9] Guidelines for Windows ========================== To compile the Windows release with MinGW, use the following on Cygwin: - ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --build mingw32 + ./configure --build=mingw32 make Instead of using "make install", copy the .exe files into