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      2 
      3 The Amiga-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      4 "amiga" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      5 out as follows:
      6 
      7 .../NetBSD-_VER/amiga/
      8 	INSTALL			Installation notes; this file.
      9 
     10 	binary/
     11 		kernel/		The GENERIC kernel.
     12 
     13 		sets/		Amiga binary distribution sets;
     14 				see below.
     15 
     16 			Split/	.tgz files split for loading onto
     17 				floppies.
     18 
     19 		security/	Amiga security distribution;
     20 				see below;
     21 
     22 	installation/
     23 		miniroot/	Amiga miniroot file system
     24 				image; see below.
     25 
     26 		misc/		Miscellaneous Amiga
     27 				installation utilities; see
     28 				installation section, below.
     29 
     30 The Amiga now uses a single miniroot filesystem for both an initial
     31 installation and for an upgrade.  A gzipped version is available, for easier
     32 downloading.  (The gzipped version have the ".gz" extension added to
     33 their names.)
     34 
     35 Miniroot file system:
     36 
     37 	This file contains a BSD root file system setup to help you
     38 	install the rest of NetBSD or to upgrade a previous version of
     39 	NetBSD.  This includes formatting and mounting your root and
     40 	/usr partitions and getting ready to extract (and possibly first
     41 	fetching) the distribution sets.  There is enough on this file
     42 	system to allow you to make a SLIP or PPP connection, configure
     43 	an Ethernet, mount an NFS file system or ftp.  You can also load
     44 	distribution sets from a SCSI tape or from one of your existing
     45 	AmigaDOS partitions.
     46 
     47 	This file is named "miniroot.fs".
     48 
     49 The NetBSD/Amiga binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     50 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the Amiga.  There are seven standard
     51 binary distribution sets, 5 X11 distribution sets, and the "security"
     52 distribution set.  The standard and X11 binary distribution sets can be
     53 found in the "amiga/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER
     54 distribution tree, and are as follows:
     55 
     56 	base	The NetBSD/Amiga _VER base binary distribution.  You
     57 		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
     58 		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
     59 		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
     60 		includes shared library support, and excludes
     61 		everything described below.
     62 		[ 8.7M gzipped, 25.2M uncompressed ]
     63 
     64 	comp	The NetBSD/Amiga Compiler tools.  All of the tools
     65 		relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
     66 		This set includes the system include files
     67 		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
     68 		and the various system libraries (except the shared
     69 		libraries, which are included as part of the base
     70 		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
     71 		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
     72 		call and library manual pages.
     73 		[ 6.5M gzipped, 22.9M uncompressed ]
     74 
     75 	etc	This distribution set contains the system
     76 		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
     77 		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
     78 		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
     79 		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
     80 		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
     81 		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
     82 		[ 52K gzipped, 320K uncompressed ]
     83 
     84 	games	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     85 		[ 2.8M gzipped, 7.2M uncompressed ]
     86 
     87 	man	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     88 		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
     89 		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
     90 		that are included in the other sets.
     91 		[ 2.4M gzipped, 10.0M uncompressed ]
     92 
     93 	misc	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
     94 		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
     95 		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
     96 		installed from the source tree by default.
     97 		[ 2.1M gzipped, 8.1M uncompressed ]
     98 
     99 	text	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
    100 		including groff, all related programs, and their
    101 		manual pages.
    102 		[ 960K gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ]
    103 
    104 	xbase	The basic files needed for a complete X
    105 		client environment. This does not include
    106 		the X servers.
    107 		[ 2.4M gzipped, 7.4M uncompressed ]
    108 
    109 	xcomp	The extra libraries and include files needed
    110 		to compile X source code.
    111 		[ 1.6M gzipped, 6.7M uncompressed ]
    112 
    113 	xcontrib	Programs that were contributed to X.
    114 		[ 178k gzipped, 670k uncompressed ]
    115 
    116 	xfont	Fonts needed by X.
    117 		[ 5.7M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ]
    118 
    119 	xserver	Amiga X servers.
    120 		[ 1.5M gzipped, 3.7M unzipped ]
    121 
    122 The Amiga security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found in
    123 the "amiga/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER
    124 distribution tree.  It contains security related binaries which depend
    125 on cryptographic source code. You do not need this distribution set to
    126 use encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base" distribution
    127 includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption
    128 function.  The security distribution includes a version of the
    129 Kerberos IV network security system, and a Kerberized version of the
    130 "telnet" program.  The "secr" distribution set can be found only on
    131 those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can
    132 legally obtain it.  (Remember, because of United States law, it may
    133 not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of the United
    134 States and Canada.)
    135 	[ 798K gzipped, 2.4M uncompressed ]
    136 
    137 The Amiga binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
    138 named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz". They are also
    139 available in split form -- catted together, the members of a split set
    140 form a gzipped tar file.  Each Amiga binary distribution set also has
    141 its own checksum files, just as the source distribution sets do.
    142 
    143 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    144 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    145 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    146 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    147 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp"
    148 from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
    149 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced unless
    150 you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option.  If you follow the normal
    151 installation or upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for
    152 you.
    153