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.Ss2 NetBSD/\*M subdirectory structure The \*M-specific portion of the .Nx \*V release is found in the
a \*M subdirectory of the distribution: .(tag INSTALL.html -compact . It Pa INSTALL.html . It Pa INSTALL.ps . It Pa INSTALL.txt . It Pa INSTALL.more Installation notes; this file. The
a .more No file contains underlined text using the .Xr more 1 conventions for indicating italic and bold display. . It Pa binary/ . (tag instkernel/ -compact . It Pa kernel/ . (tag netbsd.INSTALL_TINY.gz -compact . It Pa netbsd.GENERIC.gz A gzipped .Nx kernel containing code for everything supported in this release. This kernel runs on Vr41xx CPU only. .\} . . It Pa netbsd.FOURMEG.gz A somewhat smaller kernel, intended to be usable on systems with four megabytes of RAM. .\} . . It Pa netbsd.TX3912.gz A kernel for TX3912 machines. . It Pa netbsd.TX3922.gz A kernel for TX3922 machines. .\} . . It Pa netbsd.INSTALL.gz The install kernel. . It Pa netbsd.INSTALL_TINY.gz A version of .Li INSTALL intended to run on machines with less than 8 MB. .\} . tag) . It Pa sets/ \*M binary distribution sets; see below. . tag) . It Pa installation/ . . (tag instkernel/ -compact . . It Pa floppy/ \*M boot and installation floppies; see below. . . It Pa diskimage/ . It Pa tapeimage/ .No an image file Pa cdhdtape is included for the case where the installer is written to a CD, hard drive, or tape. This image file is the same for the CD, HD, and tape cases, .No but a separate Pa tapeimage/ directory exists to hold a copy of the
a README No file and to meet the .Nx .Xr release 7 standard. . It Pa instkernel/ .No contains a Pa netbsd.gz installation kernel; this is the same installer kernel as in all the other install images, but without the various boot program and filesystem wrappers. It can be netbooted or diskbooted from a previous installation. no need to gunzip this image. .\} . . It Pa miniroot/ \*M miniroot file system image; see below. .\} . . It Pa misc/ . contains
a GENERIC.fs , .No a Li GENERIC kernel in a bootable filesystem image. This is used in some unusual installations as described in the next section. .\} Statically-linked versions of gzip (GNU gzip) and gtar (GNU tar). .\} Miscellaneous \*M installation utilities; see installation section, below. \} . . It Pa netboot/ Two programs needed to boot \*M kernels over the network. . It Pa tapeimage/ Tape boot programs, and a RAMDISK kernel. .\} . . It Pa netboot/ Server boot-file image for diskless machines. .\} . . It Pa netboot/ Two programs needed to boot \*M kernels over the network. . It Pa tapeimage/ Tape boot programs, and a RAMDISK kernel. .\} . . tag) . . . .Ss2 Bootable installation/upgrade floppies
p There are three bootable images in the .Nx \*M distribution. One is for a dual-floppy boot and is split into two separate files. The other is a single-file image containing the same install kernel, but intended to be written to a CD, tape, or hard drive. The third image is a .Li GENERIC kernel intended for production use in unusual cases. This can be useful at some sites when: .(bullet You want to run diskless but SRM bugs prevent the firmware from netbooting. You can work around this problem by always booting the generic kernel from the floppy. t SRM doesn't recognize your (hard) disk controller but .Nx does. This happens more frequently than you might think. SRM will usually only boot from .Xr ncr 4 or .Xr isp 4 SCSI devices, and on most platforms will not boot from an IDE drive. .Nx will happily operate with almost any SCSI root or an IDE root; the solution here is to netboot a kernel or always boot from floppy. .bullet) .\} . . .Ss2 Miniroot file system The Amiga now uses a single miniroot filesystem for both an initial installation and for an upgrade. A gzipped version is available, for easier downloading. (The gzipped version has the .Sy .gz extension added to their names.) .(tag miniroot.fs t Pa miniroot.fs This file contains a BSD root file system setup to help you install the rest of .Nx or to upgrade a previous version of .Nx . This includes formatting and mounting your root and /usr partitions and getting ready to extract (and possibly first fetching) the distribution sets. There is enough on this file system to allow you to make a SLIP or PPP connection, configure an Ethernet, mount an NFS file system or ftp. You can also load distribution sets from a SCSI tape or from one of your existing AmigaDOS partitions. .\} . . There are a collection of arm32 kernels in the
a arm32/kernels subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution. Some of these kernels contain a root file system image and should only be used for the initial installation. Some of the kernels only support a particular subset of the platforms that arm32 supports (See
a arm32/kernels/README for more details.) .\} . .
p The .Nx*M install distribution contains files that can be used to install .Nx onto completely "bare" MVME147 and MVME167 boards. The files in the
a mvme68k/installation directories are described below. .(tag netbsd-rd.gz t Pa miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. This image is to be un-gzipped and copied into the swap area of a disk. t Pa netbsd-rd.gz A gzipped copy of the .Li RAMDISK kernel for installing the miniroot filesystem. t Pa stboot A tape boot-block, in the form required to allow 1x7-Bug to boot from tape. This is the first segment of a boot tape. t Pa bootst A copy of the tape boot program, used as the second segment of a boot tape. t Pa sboot A copy of the MVME147 serial boot program. This is necessary if you don't have a tape drive, but you _do_ have another system which can act as a boot and NFS server. This is also useful if you are installing a diskless .Nx system on an MVME147 board. t Pa netboot A copy of the network boot program. Used in conjunction with sboot on the MVME147 to get your system booted over a network. The MVME167 can boot this file directly using 167Bug's builtin TFTP client.
p These files can be used to make a boot tape suitable for installing .Nx*M . These files can also be used to configure an NFS server to support installation "over the network". See the section .Sx Getting the .Nx System onto Useful Media for instructions on either method. .\} . . .Ss2 Binary distribution sets The .Nx \*M binary distribution sets contain the binaries which comprise the .Nx \*V release for the \*M. There are eight binary distribution sets. The binary distribution sets can be found in the
a \*M/binary/sets subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree, and are as follows: .(tag xcontrib . t Sy base The .Nx \*V .No \*M Sy base No binary distribution. You .Em must install this distribution set. It contains the base .Nx utilities that are necessary for the system to run and be minimally functional. It includes shared library support, and excludes everything described below. . t Sy comp Things needed for compiling programs. This set includes the system include files
q Pa /usr/include and the various system libraries (except the shared libraries, which are included as part of the .Sy 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. . t Sy etc This distribution set contains the system configuration files that reside in
a /etc
and in several other places. This set
.Em must
be installed if you are installing the system from scratch, but should
.Em not
be used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading,
it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
.Em carefully
upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
Not MI, but close enough to the same size on all ports...
.Em 0.1 MB gzipped, 0.9 MB uncompressed
.
t Sy games This set includes the games and their manual pages.
Shareable across MACHINE_ARCH
.
t Sy kern This set contains a
.Nx*M
\*V
.Li GENERIC No kernel, named Pa /netbsd .
.No You Em must
install this distribution set.
.
t Sy man This set includes all of the manual pages for the
binaries and other software contained in the
.Sy base
set.
Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
that are included in the other sets.
MI
.Em 5.0 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.
t Sy misc This set includes the (rather large) system dictionaries,
the typesettable document set, and other files from
a /usr/share .
MI
.Em 2.6 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.
t Sy text This set includes
.Nx 's
text processing tools, including
.Xr groff 1 ,
all related programs, and their manual pages.
Shareable across MACHINE_ARCH
.
.
.
============================ X SETS
p
.Nx
maintains its own set of sources for the X Window System in order to
assure tight integration and compatibility.
These sources are based on XFree86, and tightly track XFree86 releases.
They are currently equivalent to XFree86 3.3.6.
Binary sets for the X Window system are distributed with
.Nx .
The sets are:
.(tag xcontrib
t Sy xbase The basic files needed for a complete X
client environment. This does not include
the X servers.
Shareable across MACHINE_ARCH, except atari
.
t Sy xcomp The extra libraries and include files needed to compile X source code.
Shareable across MACHINE_ARCH
.
t Sy xcontrib Programs that were contributed to X.
Shareable across MACHINE_ARCH
.
t Sy xfont Fonts needed by X.
MI
.Em 6.1 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.
.
t Sy xserver .Em 2.3 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .Em 1.6 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .Em 6.6 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver The Xservers and some programs not shared with the other m68k ports. Please
consult the X specific section in the atari FAQ as to which server you should
use.
.Em 5.6 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .No The Xhpc
server which supports 256 and 65536 colors with man pages
.Em ( experimental ) .
.Em 2.0 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver All XFree86 X servers. Because all of them are
included, this set is large. However, you will
only need one of the servers provided in this
set. (Typically, XF86_SVGA.)
.Em 14.6 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver The Xmac68k Em monochrome
server with man pages.
.Em 1.4 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver The Xmacppc
server which supports 256 colors with man pages.
.Em 1.7 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .No The Xpmax
server with man page.
.Em 1.9 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .No The Xsun, Xsun24, XsunMono and Xprt
servers with man pages.
.Em 3.2 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .No The Xsun, Xsun24, XsunMono and Xprt
servers with man pages. The 64-bit X server current has problems with
pixmaps.
.Em ? MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
t Sy xserver .No The X68k and Xprt
servers with man pages and the runtime configuration file.
.Em 1.5 MB gzipped, ? MB uncompressed
.\}
.
.
.
============================ MI DISCUSSION OF BINARY SETS
.
.
p The \*M binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files named with the extension .Sy .tgz , No e.g.
a base.tgz .
.
.
.
contrary to most old INSTALL docs, only i386 has Split/ sets
.
They are also
available in split form - catted together, the members of a split set
form a gzipped tar file.
.\}
.
.
p
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 /-relative and
therefore are extracted
.Em 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
c tar xfp command from /.
.
.
============================ MD DISCUSSION
.
.
p Additional kernels to those included in the distribution sets may be found in the
a atari/binary/kernel subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree. These kernels are generally named something like
a netbsd.BOOT.gz or some other suitable name. Please note that these kernels are simply gzipped and are not in tar archives.
p There are three atari floppy images to be found in the
a atari/installation/floppies subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution. One of them is a bootable TOS kernel floppy and the other two are installation floppies. They are described in more detail below. There are gzipped versions of each available, for easier downloading. (The gzipped versions have the
a .gz extension added to their names.) .(tag indent t Em Bootable Kernel floppy This TOS disk contains the loadbsd and chg_pid programs and a kernel. It is setup so that you can insert it int your floppy drive, and start the programs from GEM.
p For the TT030 and Falcon, the (720 KB) floppy is named
a boot.fs and the kernel supplied is .Li BOOT . For the Hades, you need the
a hades-boot.fs floppy (1.44 MB), the kernel is .Li HADES . t Em Installation floppy: This disk contains a BSD root file system setup to help you install the rest of .Nx . This includes formatting and mounting your root and /usr partitions and getting ready to extract (and possibly first fetching) the distribution sets. There is enough on this file system to allow you to make a slip connection, configure an ethernet, mount an NFS file system or ftp. You can also load distribution sets from a SCSI tape or from one of your existing GEMDOS partitions.
p The floppies meant for 720 KB disks are named
a miniroot.fs.1 No and Pa miniroot.fs.2 . There is also an image for an 1.44 MB disk:
a miniroot.fs .
p There are also TOS utilities in the
a atari/installation/misc subdirectory, which you will need to get .Nx*M 'up-and-running'. .(bullet The .Dq gzip.ttp program allows you to uncompress .gz images. The usage is "gzip.ttp -d filename.gz". t The .Dq rawwrite.ttp program allows you to create the installation floppy disks from the files in the
a atari/floppies directory. t The "aptck.ttp" program reads the partition tables present on a given disk and tries to interpret then the same way the .Nx kernel does. If you have a disk on which GEMDOS and .Nx are to co-exist, It is a good idea to run this before you begin the .Nx*M installation just to check that the kernel's view of the partition tables agree with GEMDOS's view. If you have more than 3 partitions defined on a disk you will notice that the .Nx*M partition starts one sector after the GEMDOS partition. This is to allow space for the auxilliary root for the 4th and subsequent partitions. t The "loadbsd.ttp" program loads the .Nx*M kernel from TOS (or MiNT, MultiTOS, etc.). .bullet) .\} . .
p The following are included in the
a hp300/installation No directory: . .(tag miniroot/ t Pa miniroot/ . (tag miniroot.fs.gz . It Pa miniroot.fs.gz A copy of the miniroot filesystem. . tag) t Pa misc/ . (tag miniroot.fs.gz . It Pa HP-IB.geometry A file containing geometry for some HB-IB disk drives. . It Pa SYS_INST.gz A gzipped copy of the SYS_INST miniroot installation program. . It Pa SYS_UBOOT.gz A gzipped copy of the universal boot block. Supports Network, tape and disk booting. This is useful if you are installing a diskless .Nx*M system. . It Pa rbootd.tgz Source code for the rbootd program included with .Nx . It requires that the server has a Berkeley Packet Filter (bpf). You will need to compile this version of rbootd if server system does not have this utility already. . tag) . The following are included in the
a hp300/binary/kernel No directory: . .(tag netbsd.gdb.gz t Pa netbsd.gdb.gz A gzipped .Li GENERIC kernel with debugging symbols. t Pa netbsd.gz A gzipped .Li GENERIC kernel. .\} . .
p Additional kernels to those included in the distribution sets may be found in the
a hpcmips/binary/kernels subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree. These kernels are generally named something like
a netbsd.GENERIC.gz or some other suitable name. Please note that these kernels are simply gzipped and are not in tar archives.
p The Windows CE-based utilities necessary for installing and running .Nx can be found in the
a hpcmips/installation/ subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree. The important files in this directory are as follows: . . .(tag pbsdboot1.exe t Pa netbsd.gz .Nx*M kernel with system installer (sysinst). This kernel runs on Vr41xx CPU only. .Em 1.98 MB gzipped, 6.7 MB uncompressed t Pa pbsdboot.exe The .Nx*M boot loader utility. This program is used to boot the .Nx kernel from within Windows CE (version 2.0 and later). .Em 122k t Pa pbsdboot1.exe The .Nx*M boot loader utility. This program is used to boot the .Nx kernel from within Windows CE (version 1.0). .Em 134k
p These files are Windows CE binaries. If you need them, the sources for these utilities are in the
a src/arch/hpcmips/stand/ directory. .\} . .
p Additional kernels to those included in the distribution sets may be found in the
a mac68k/binary/kernels subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree. These kernels are generally named something like
a netbsd-GENERIC.gz or some other suitable name. Please note that these kernels are simply gzipped and are not in tar archives.
p The MacOS-based utilities necessary for installing and running .Nx can be found in the
a mac68k/installation/misc subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution tree. The important files in this directory are as follows: . .(tag Installer.sea.hqx t Pa Booter.sea.hqx The .Nx*M Booter utility. This program is used to boot the .Nx kernel from within MacOS. .Em 141 KB archived t Pa Installer.sea.hqx The .Nx*M Installer utility. This program is used to install the distribution sets onto your .Nx partition(s). .Em 147 KB archived t Pa Mkfs.sea.hqx The Mkfs utility. This program is used to format your chosen partitions so that they can be used with .Nx . .Em 76 KB archived
p These files are all binhexed, self-extracting archives. If you need them, the sources for these utilities are in the
a src No subdirectory. .\} . .
p The initial installation process on a pc532 without a previous .Nx installation is supported by the following files: .(tag floppy-144.fs t Pa floppy-144.fs A file system containing the boot loader and install kernel with a 2 MB root. t Pa download.c The source for a program to download
a inst-11.fs into memory via the pc532 .Tn ROM No monitor .
p The upgrade process is supported by having a copy of a \*V kernel available. This file is: .(tag kern.tgz t Pa kern.tgz Contains a kernel produced from the
a DEFAULT configuration file in
a pc532/conf . .\} . . .(Note The distribution cannot be extracted using the SunOS
a tar program so statically-linked SunOS versions of gzip (GNU gzip) and gtar (GNU tar) are provided in
a sparc/installation/misc . .Note) .\} . .
p There is a collection of Sun3 and Sun3X kernels in the
a sun3/binary/kernels subdirectory of the .Nx \*V distribution. The ones named
a netbsd-ramdisk*.gz contain a root file system image and should only be used for the initial installation. The others are included for convenience. (Most people will want to use
a netbsd-generic.gz or
a netbsd-generic3x.gz as appropriate.) Please note that these kernels are simply gzipped and are not tar archives. .\}
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