https://git.reactos.org/?p=reactos.git;a=commitdiff;h=85d4a49acdb64ec4f1e1c…
commit 85d4a49acdb64ec4f1e1ce398cc9b57bd4528bb7
Author: Pierre Schweitzer <pierre(a)reactos.org>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 20 20:26:16 2018 +0200
Commit: Pierre Schweitzer <pierre(a)reactos.org>
CommitDate: Mon Aug 20 20:26:16 2018 +0200
Add a quick statement about BtrFS :-)
---
INSTALL | 10 +++++++---
README.md | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 3a82fe036f..fd4409ddde 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ the top directory.
3. Installation
---------------
-ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32 partition
-as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is to be
-installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be
+By default, ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32
+partition as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is
+to be installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be
formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if
needed.
+Starting 0.4.10, ReactOS can be installed using the BtrFS file system. But
+consider this as an experimental feature and thus regressions not triggered on
+FAT setup may be observed.
+
ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the bootable CD
distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd125d188f..a011b4fa52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@ See ["Building
ReactOS"](http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Building_ReactOS) for more
## Installing
-ReactOS currently can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32 partition
as the active (bootable) partition.
+By default, ReactOS currently can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or
FAT32 partition as the active (bootable) partition.
The partition on which ReactOS is to be installed (which may or may not be the bootable
partition) must also be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32.
ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if needed.
+Starting 0.4.10, ReactOS can be installed using the BtrFS file system. But
+consider this as an experimental feature and thus regressions not triggered on
+FAT setup may be observed.
+
To install ReactOS from the bootable CD distribution, extract the archive contents. Then
burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow the instructions.
See ["Installing
ReactOS"](https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Installing_ReactOS)
Wiki page or [INSTALL](INSTALL) for more details.