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1 1.1 cjs The alpha-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2 1.1 cjs "alpha" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3 1.1 cjs out as follows: 4 1.1 cjs 5 1.1 cjs .../NetBSD-_VER/alpha/ 6 1.2 cjs INSTALL Installation notes; this file. 7 1.1 cjs 8 1.2 cjs binary/ 9 1.2 cjs sets/ alpha binary distribution sets; 10 1.2 cjs see below. 11 1.1 cjs 12 1.2 cjs security/ alpha security distribution; 13 1.2 cjs see below. 14 1.1 cjs 15 1.2 cjs kernel/ alpha kernels; see below. 16 1.1 cjs 17 1.2 cjs toolchain/ alpha toolchain; see below. 18 1.1 cjs 19 1.2 cjs installation/ 20 1.1 cjs 21 1.2 cjs floppy/ alpha boot and installation 22 1.2 cjs floppies; see below. 23 1.1 cjs 24 1.2 cjs source/ 25 1.1 cjs 26 1.2 cjs toolchain/ Toolchain source code; see below. 27 1.1 cjs 28 1.1 cjs Bootable installation/upgrade floppies: 29 1.1 cjs 30 1.2 cjs There is a bootable floppy disk image available which contains 31 1.2 cjs the software necessary to prepare your hard drive for NetBSD 32 1.2 cjs and install the NetBSD distribution, or to upgrading an already 33 1.2 cjs installed system from a previous version of NetBSD. 34 1.2 cjs 35 1.2 cjs Because the kernel on the installation disks is not suitable 36 1.2 cjs for use beyond initial installation and configuration, a 37 1.2 cjs "generic" kernel has been placed in a distribution set named 38 1.2 cjs "kern". This kernel is intended to run your system while you 39 1.2 cjs build a custom kernel. It is strongly encouraged that you 40 1.2 cjs build a custom kernel for your installation rather than use 41 1.2 cjs the prebuilt generic kernel on a long term basis. 42 1.2 cjs 43 1.2 cjs Please note that the INSTALL kernel (which is booted from 44 1.2 cjs the install floppy or the network) is not usable for anything 45 1.2 cjs other than installing; it will always use as root an internal 46 1.2 cjs ramdisk with the install tools. Also, currently the INSTALL 47 1.2 cjs image only supports systems that are likely to have a floppy 48 1.2 cjs drive (the NoName, EB64+, EB164, AS500/600; the DECStation 49 1.2 cjs 3000 systems and the 8200/8400 are not supported by this 50 1.2 cjs floppy). If booting the INSTALL kernel from the network 51 1.2 cjs proves popular, we will generate another network version 52 1.2 cjs of the INSTALL kernel that supports more systems. 53 1.1 cjs 54 1.1 cjs The alpha toolchain: 55 1.1 cjs 56 1.2 cjs The toolchain (compiler, assembler, linker, etc.) for the 57 1.2 cjs alpha port is not yet integrated into the main NetBSD source 58 1.2 cjs tree, so the binaries for it are still distributed separately. 59 1.2 cjs A tar file with the toolchain can be found under 60 1.2 cjs binaries/toolchain, and the source can be found under 61 1.2 cjs source/toolchain. 62 1.2 cjs 63 1.2 cjs The toolchain installs under usr/local; to install it, 64 1.2 cjs just cd to the root directory and type 65 1.2 cjs 66 1.2 cjs tar -x -z --unlink -f /path/to/toolchain.tar.gz 67 1.2 cjs 68 1.2 cjs Note that the "official" toolchain we use with 1.3 is actually 69 1.2 cjs the snapshot build of it from 97.11.05; this is based on the 70 1.2 cjs sources tagged WORKING-alpha in the NetBSD source tree. 71 1.1 cjs 72 1.1 cjs The NetBSD/alpha binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 73 1.1 cjs comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the alpha. There are eight binary 74 1.1 cjs distribution sets and the "security" distribution set. The binary 75 1.1 cjs distribution sets can be found in the "alpha/binary/sets" subdirectory 76 1.1 cjs of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: 77 1.1 cjs 78 1.1 cjs 79 1.2 cjs base The NetBSD/alpha _VER base binary distribution. You 80 1.2 cjs MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 81 1.2 cjs base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 82 1.2 cjs system to run and be minimally functional. It 83 1.2 cjs includes shared library support, and excludes 84 1.2 cjs everything described below. 85 1.2 cjs [ 13M gzipped, 41M uncompressed ] 86 1.2 cjs 87 1.2 cjs comp Things needed for compiling programs, other than the 88 1.2 cjs actual compiler programs themselves. (These are in 89 1.2 cjs the toolchain snapshot file described above.) This 90 1.2 cjs set includes the system include files (/usr/include) 91 1.2 cjs and the various system libraries (except the shared 92 1.2 cjs libraries, which are included as part of the base 93 1.2 cjs set). This set also includes the manual pages for 94 1.2 cjs all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 95 1.2 cjs call and library manual pages. 96 1.2 cjs [ 6M gzipped, 31M uncompressed ] 97 1.2 cjs 98 1.2 cjs etc This distribution set contains the system 99 1.2 cjs configuration files that reside in /etc and in several 100 1.2 cjs other places. This set MUST be installed if you are 101 1.2 cjs installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be 102 1.2 cjs used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading, 103 1.2 cjs it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and 104 1.2 cjs CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.) 105 1.2 cjs [ 50K gzipped, 320K uncompressed ] 106 1.2 cjs 107 1.2 cjs games This set includes the games and their manual pages. 108 1.2 cjs [ 3M gzipped, 8M uncompressed ] 109 1.2 cjs 110 1.2 cjs kern This set contains a NetBSD/alpha _VER GENERIC kernel, 111 1.2 cjs named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution 112 1.2 cjs set. 113 1.2 cjs [ 1M gzipped, 2M uncompressed ] 114 1.2 cjs 115 1.2 cjs man This set includes all of the manual pages for the 116 1.2 cjs binaries and other software contained in the base set. 117 1.2 cjs Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 118 1.2 cjs that are included in the other sets. 119 1.2 cjs [ 2.5M gzipped, 10M uncompressed ] 120 1.2 cjs 121 1.2 cjs misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 122 1.2 cjs rather large), the typesettable document set, and 123 1.2 cjs man pages for other architectures which happen to be 124 1.2 cjs installed from the source tree by default. 125 1.2 cjs [ 2M gzipped, 9M uncompressed ] 126 1.2 cjs 127 1.2 cjs text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 128 1.2 cjs including groff, all related programs, and their 129 1.2 cjs manual pages. 130 1.2 cjs [ 1M gzipped, 4M uncompressed ] 131 1.2 cjs 132 1.2 cjs 133 1.2 cjs The alpha security distribution set is named "secr" and can be 134 1.2 cjs found in the "alpha/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 135 1.2 cjs _VER distribution tree. It contains security related binaries 136 1.2 cjs which depend on cryptographic source code. You do not need this 137 1.2 cjs distribution set to use encrypted passwords in your password file; 138 1.2 cjs the "base" distribution includes a crypt library which can perform 139 1.2 cjs only the one-way encryption function. The security distribution 140 1.2 cjs includes a version of the Kerberos IV network security system, and 141 1.2 cjs a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program. The "secr" distribution 142 1.2 cjs set can be found only on those sites which carry the complete NetBSD 143 1.2 cjs distribution and which can legally obtain it. (Remember, because 144 1.2 cjs of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set 145 1.2 cjs to locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 146 1.2 cjs [ 1M gzipped, 3M uncompressed ] 147 1.1 cjs 148 1.1 cjs The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 149 1.1 cjs well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 150 1.1 cjs method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 151 1.1 cjs is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 152 1.1 cjs replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp" 153 1.1 cjs from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those 154 1.1 cjs programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced unless 155 1.1 cjs you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option. If you follow the normal 156 1.1 cjs installation or upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for 157 1.1 cjs you. 158
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