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      1 The hp300-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      2 "hp300" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      3 out as follows:
      4 
      5 .../NetBSD-_VER/hp300/
      6 	SOURCE_DATE			A file containing the date, in UTC,
      7 					of the source code from which the
      8 					release or snapshot was built, in the
      9 					default format produced by the command:
     10 					`date -u`.
     11 
     12 	INSTALL				Installation notes; this file.
     13 
     14 	binary/
     15 		kernel/			Suitably named, gzipped hp300 kernels;
     16 					see below.
     17 
     18 		security/		Security-related hp300 binaries;
     19 					see below.
     20 
     21 		sets/			hp300 binary distribution sets;
     22 					see below.
     23 
     24 	installation/
     25 		miniroot/		hp300 miniroot images; see below.
     26 
     27 		misc/			Miscellaneous hp300 installation
     28 					helper utilities; see installation
     29 					section below.
     30 
     31 The NetBSD/hp300 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     32 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the hp300.  There are eight binary
     33 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
     34 distribution sets can be found in the "hp300/binary/sets" subdirectory of
     35 the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows:
     36 
     37 	base	The NetBSD/hp300 _VER base binary distribution.
     38 		You MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
     39 		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
     40 		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
     41 		includes shared library support, and excludes
     42 		everything described below.
     43 		[ 9.2M gzipped, 26.4M uncompressed ]
     44 
     45 	comp	The NetBSD/hp300 Compiler tools.  All of the tools
     46 		relating to C and C++.  This set includes the system
     47 		include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler
     48 		tool chain, and the various system libraries (except
     49 		the shared libraries, which are included as part of the
     50 		base set).  This set also includes the manual pages for
     51 		all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
     52 		call and library manual pages.
     53 		[ 6.8M gzipped, 23.9M uncompressed ]
     54 
     55 	etc	This distribution set contains the system
     56 		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several other
     57 		places. This set MUST be installed if you are installing the
     58 		system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are
     59 		upgrading.  (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that
     60 		you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your
     61 		configuration files by hand.)
     62 		[ 55K gzipped, 337K uncompressed ]
     63 
     64 	games	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     65 		[ 2.9M gzipped, 7.5M uncompressed ]
     66 
     67 	kern	This set includes a NetBSD/hp300 _VER GENERIC kernel,
     68 		named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution set.
     69 		[ 547K gzipped, 1.2M uncompressed ]
     70 
     71 	man	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     72 		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
     73 		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
     74 		that are included in the other sets.
     75 		[ 2.5M gzipped, 10.4M uncompressed ]
     76 
     77 	misc	This set includes the system dictionaries (which
     78 		are rather large), the typesettable document set, and
     79 		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
     80 		installed from the source tree by default.
     81 		[ 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed ]
     82 
     83 	text	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
     84 		including groff, all related programs, and their
     85 		manual pages.
     86 		[ 1.0M gzipped, 3.4M uncompressed ]
     87 
     88 The hp300 security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found
     89 in the "hp300/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution
     90 tree.  It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion
     91 if the NetBSD source tree.  It can only be found on those sites which carry
     92 the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it.  (Remember,
     93 because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to
     94 locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
     95 [ 776K gzipped, 263K uncompressed ]
     96 
     97 Since NetBSD 1.3, binary sets for the X Window system are also
     98 distributed with each NetBSD release. The binaries are based on
     99 X11R6.3. Unfortunatly there is no R6.3 Xserver for NetBSD/hp300 yet,
    100 so we can only distribute the X clients this time.
    101 You can not yet install them using the new automated install system.
    102 However, they are gzipped tarfiles, just like the other sets, so you
    103 can always simply extract them once you have your NetBSD system installed
    104 and running. The sets are:
    105 
    106 	xbase		The basic files needed for a complete X
    107 			client environment. This does not include
    108 			the X servers.
    109 			[ 2.5M gzipped, 7.6M uncompressed ]
    110 
    111 	xcomp		The extra libraries and include files needed
    112 			to compile X source code.
    113 			[ 1.7M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed ]
    114 
    115 	xcontrib	Programs that were contributed to X.
    116 			[ 183k gzipped, 686k uncompressed ]
    117 
    118 	xfont		Fonts needed by X.
    119 			[ 5.9M gzipped, 7.3M uncompressed ]
    120 
    121 The hp300 binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
    122 named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz".
    123 Each hp300 binary distribution set also has its own checksum files, just
    124 as the source distribution sets do.
    125 
    126 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    127 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    128 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    129 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    130 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp"
    131 from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
    132 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced unless
    133 you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option.  If you follow the normal
    134 installation or upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for
    135 you.
    136 
    137 The following are included in the `hp300/installation' directory:
    138 
    139 	miniroot/
    140 		miniroot.fs.gz		A copy of the miniroot filesystem.
    141 
    142 	misc/
    143 		HP-IB.geometry		A file containing geometry for some
    144 					HB-IB disk drives.
    145 
    146 		SYS_INST.gz		A gzipped copy of the SYS_INST
    147 					miniroot installation program.
    148 
    149 		SYS_UBOOT.gz		A gzipped copy of the universal boot
    150 					block. Supports Network, tape and
    151 					disk booting. This is useful if you
    152 					are installing a diskless NetBSD/hp300
    153 					system.
    154 
    155 		rbootd.tgz		Source code for the rbootd program
    156 					included with NetBSD. It requires that
    157 					the server has a Berkeley Packet
    158 					Filter (bpf).  You will need to
    159 					compile this version of rbootd if
    160 					server system does not have this
    161 					utility already.
    162 
    163 The following are included in the `hp300/binary/kernel'directory:
    164 
    165 	netbsd.gdb.gz		A gzipped GENERIC kernel with debugging
    166 				symbols.
    167 
    168 	netbsd.gz		A gzipped GENERIC kernel.
    169 
    170 
    171 Note:	Each directory in the hp300 binary distribution also has its
    172 -----	own checksum files, just as the source distribution does:
    173 
    174 	All BSDSUM files are historic BSD checksums for the various files
    175 	in that directory, in the format produced by the command:
    176 	cksum -o 1 <file>.
    177 
    178 	All CKSUM files are POSIX checksums for the various files in that
    179 	directory, in the format produced by the command: cksum <file>.
    180 
    181 	All MD5 files are MD5 digests for the various files in that
    182 	directory, in the format produced by the command: cksum -m <file>.
    183 
    184 	All SYSVSUM files are historic AT&T System V UNIX checksums for
    185 	the various files in that directory, in the format produced by
    186 	the command: cksum -o 2 <file>.
    187 
    188 	The MD5 digest is the safest checksum, followed by the POSIX
    189 	checksum. The other two checksums are provided only to ensure
    190 	that the widest possible range of system can check the integrity
    191 	of the release files.
    192