How to compile fio on 64-bit Windows:
1. Install Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/). Install **make** and all
- packages starting with **mingw64-i686** and **mingw64-x86_64**. Ensure
- **mingw64-i686-zlib** and **mingw64-x86_64-zlib** are installed if you wish
+ packages starting with **mingw64-x86_64**. Ensure
+ **mingw64-x86_64-zlib** are installed if you wish
to enable fio's log compression functionality.
2. Open the Cygwin Terminal.
3. Go to the fio directory (source files).
4. Run ``make clean && make -j``.
-To build fio on 32-bit Windows, run ``./configure --build-32bit-win`` before
-``make``.
+To build fio for 32-bit Windows, ensure the -i686 versions of the previously
+mentioned -x86_64 packages are installed and run ``./configure
+--build-32bit-win`` before ``make``. To build an fio that supports versions of
+Windows below Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 also add ``--target-win-ver=xp``
+to the end of the configure line that you run before doing ``make``.
It's recommended that once built or installed, fio be run in a Command Prompt or
other 'native' console such as console2, since there are known to be display and