``pkgutil -i fio``.
Windows:
- Rebecca Cran <rebecca+fio@bluestop.org> has fio packages for Windows at
- https://www.bluestop.org/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also
+ Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com> has fio packages for Windows at
+ https://bsdio.com/fio/ . The latest builds for Windows can also
be grabbed from https://ci.appveyor.com/project/axboe/fio by clicking
the latest x86 or x64 build, then selecting the ARTIFACTS tab.
Windows
~~~~~~~
-On Windows, Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/) is required in order to build
-fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX 3.8 from
-http://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
+The minimum versions of Windows for building/runing fio are Windows 7/Windows
+Server 2008 R2. On Windows, Cygwin (https://www.cygwin.com/) is required in
+order to build fio. To create an MSI installer package install WiX from
+https://wixtoolset.org and run :file:`dobuild.cmd` from the :file:`os/windows`
directory.
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**.
+ 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``.
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
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