FIO Windows update

[fio.git] / HOWTO

diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
index 3b1eeb0606832a7808b43c309673079b3303d11f..35dccfb16855683115e62ff83109fa9b886f5407 100644 (file)
--- a/HOWTO
+++ b/HOWTO
@@ -272,11 +272,11 @@ filename=str      Fio normally makes up a filename based on the job name,
                ':' colon. So if you wanted a job to open /dev/sda and /dev/sdb
                as the two working files, you would use
                filename=/dev/sda:/dev/sdb. On Windows, disk devices are accessed
-               as /dev/sda for the first device (i.e. \Device\HardDisk0\Partition0,
-               /dev/sda1 for the first partition on the first disk etc.  If the 
-               wanted filename does need to include a colon, then escape that with 
-               a '\' character. For instance, if the filename is 
-               "/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", then you would use filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\:c". 
+               as \\.\PhysicalDrive0 for the first device, \\.\PhysicalDrive1
+               for the second etc.  If the wanted filename does need to 
+               include a colon, then escape that with a '\' character. 
+               For instance, if the filename is "/dev/dsk/foo@3,0:c", 
+               then you would use filename="/dev/dsk/foo@3,0\:c". 
                '-' is a reserved name, meaning stdin or stdout. Which of the 
                two depends on the read/write direction set.