Home | History | Annotate | Line # | Download | only in amiga
contents revision 1.4.4.2
      1 [ XXX file sizes need to be upgraded in this section ]
      2 
      3 The amiga-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2.1 release is found in the
      4 "amiga" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is layed
      5 out as follows:
      6 
      7 .../NetBSD-1.2.1/amiga/
      8 			binary/		amiga binary distribution sets;
      9 					see below.
     10 
     11 			miniroot/	amiga installation and upgrade
     12 					file system images; see below.
     13 
     14 			security/	amiga security distribution;
     15 					see below;
     16 
     17 			utils/		Miscellaneous amiga
     18 					installation utilities; see
     19 					installation section, below.
     20 
     21 There are two amiga file system images to be found in the "amiga/miniroot"
     22 subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2.1 distribution.  One of them is a upgrade
     23 image and one is an installation image. They are described in more
     24 detail below.  There are gzipped versions of each available, for easier
     25 downloading.  (The gzipped version have the ".gz" extension added to
     26 their names.)
     27 
     28 Installation file system:
     29 
     30 	This file contains a BSD root file system setup to help
     31 	you install the rest of NetBSD.  This includes formatting
     32 	and mounting your root and /usr partitions and getting
     33 	ready to extract (and possibly first fetching) the distribution
     34 	sets.  There is enough on this file system to allow you to
     35 	make a slip or ppp connection, configure an ethernet, mount an
     36 	NFS file system or ftp.  You can also load distribution sets from
     37 	a SCSI tape or from one of your existing AmigaDOS partitions.
     38 
     39 	This file is named "inst-121.fs".
     40 
     41 
     42 Upgrade file system:
     43 
     44 	This file contains a BSD root file system setup to help
     45 	you upgrade a previous version of NetBSD.  This includes
     46 	converting existing partitions and mounting your root and
     47 	/usr partitions and getting ready to extract (and possibly
     48 	first fetching) the distribution sets.  There is enough on
     49 	this file system to allow you to make a slip or ppp connection,
     50 	configure an ethernet, mount an NFS file system or ftp.
     51 	You can also load distribution sets from a SCSI tape, from
     52 	one of your existing AmigaDOS partitions, or from an existing
     53 	NetBSD partition.
     54 
     55 	This file is named "upgr-121.fs".
     56 
     57 The NetBSD/amiga binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     58 comprise the NetBSD 1.2.1 release for the amiga.  There are seven binary
     59 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
     60 distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "amiga/binary"
     61 subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2.1 distribution tree, and are as follows:
     62 
     63 	base121	The NetBSD/amiga 1.2.1 base binary distribution.  You
     64 		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
     65 		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
     66 		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
     67 		includes shared library support, and excludes
     68 		everything described below.
     69 		[ 8M gzipped, 20M uncompressed ]
     70 
     71 	comp121	The NetBSD/amiga Compiler tools.  All of the tools
     72 		relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
     73 		This set includes the system include files
     74 		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
     75 		and the various system libraries (except the shared
     76 		libraries, which are included as part of the base
     77 		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
     78 		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
     79 		call and library manual pages.
     80 		[ 6M gzipped, 15M uncompressed ]
     81 
     82 	etc121	This distribution set contains the system
     83 		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
     84 		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
     85 		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
     86 		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
     87 		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
     88 		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
     89 		[ 77K gzipped, 340K uncompressed ]
     90 
     91 	games121 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     92 		[ 3M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ]
     93 
     94 	man121	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     95 		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
     96 		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
     97 		that are included in the other sets.
     98 		[ 1M gzipped, 3M uncompressed ]
     99 
    100 	misc121	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
    101 		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
    102 		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
    103 		installed from the source tree by default.
    104 		[ 2M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ]
    105 
    106 	text121	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
    107 		including groff, all related programs, and their
    108 		manual pages.
    109 		[ 900K gzipped, 3M uncompressed ]
    110 
    111 The amiga security distribution set is named "secr121" and can be found
    112 in the "amiga/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2.1 distribution
    113 tree.  It contains crypt.c (the source file for the DES encryption
    114 algorithm) and the binaries which depend on it.  It can only be found
    115 on those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and that
    116 can legally obtain it.  (Remember, because of United States law, this
    117 distribution set may not be exported to locations outside of the
    118 United States and Canada.)  [ 128K gzipped, 307K uncompressed ]
    119 
    120 The amiga binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
    121 the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
    122 form a gzipped tar file.  Each amiga binary distribution set also has
    123 its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
    124 
    125 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    126 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    127 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    128 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    129 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
    130 from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
    131 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
    132 follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
    133 taken care of for you.
    134