$NetBSD: contents,v 1.7 1998/11/04 14:20:35 minoura Exp $ The x68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the "x68k" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid out as follows: .../NetBSD-_VER/x68k/ INSTALL Installation notes; this file. binary/sets/ x68k binary distribution sets; see below. floppies/ x68k boot and installation floppy; see below. utils/ installation utilities which runs on Human68k. There is a floppy image in the "x68k/floppies" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution, called "boot.fs". This can be used for both installing NetBSD/x68k for the first time, and upgrading it from the previous release. There is also gzipped version of this floppy (named with ".fs.gz") available. The NetBSD/x68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the x68k. There are eight binary distribution sets. The binary distribution sets can be found in the "x68k/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: base The NetBSD/x68k _VER base binary distribution. You MUST install this distribution set. It contains the base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the system to run and be minimally functional. It includes shared library support, and excludes everything described below. [ 8.7M gzipped, 25.2M uncompressed ] comp The NetBSD/x68k Compiler tools. All of the tools relating to C, C++, Objective C, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two, although NO FORTRAN compiler!). This set includes the system include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain, and the various system libraries (except the shared libraries, which are included as part of the base set). This set also includes the manual pages for all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system call and library manual pages. [ 6.5M gzipped, 22.8M uncompressed ] etc This distribution set contains the system configuration files that reside in /etc and in several other places. This set MUST be installed if you are installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.) [ 53K gzipped, 330K uncompressed ] games This set includes the games and their manual pages. [ 2.8M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ] kern This set contains a NetBSD/x68k _VER ALL kernel, named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution set. [ 640K gzipped, 1.4M uncompressed ] man This set includes all of the manual pages for the binaries and other software contained in the base set. Note that it does not include any of the manual pages that are included in the other sets. [ 2.4M gzipped, 9.8M uncompressed ] misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are rather large), the typesettable document set, and man pages for other architectures which happen to be installed from the source tree by default. [ 2.1M gzipped, 8.2M uncompressed ] text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, including groff, all related programs, and their manual pages. [ 1.0M gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ] IMPORTANT: In previous versions of NetBSD, the kernel from the install floppy was copied onto the hard drive in a special step. In the new install system, the kernel on the floppy is unsuited to being copied onto the hard drive. Instead, a new set, "kern", has been added which contains a generic kernel to be unloaded onto the drive. It must be extracted in order to have a minimally functioning system. For other platform, there is a security distribution named "secr" provided. The x68k security distribution is not provided in the binary form. The x68k binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz". The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xpf" from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced unless you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option. If you follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for you.