contents revision 1.3 
1The i386-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.1 release is found in the
2"i386" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
3out as follows:
4
5.../NetBSD-1.1/i386/
6			INSTALL		Installation notes; this file.
7
8			binary/		i386 binary distribution sets;
9					see below.
10
11			floppies/	i386 boot and installation
12					floppies; see below.
13
14			security/	i386 security distribution;
15					see below;
16
17			utils/		Miscellaneous i386
18					installation utilities; see
19					installation section, below.
20
21There are four i386 floppy images to be found in the "i386/floppy"
22subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.1 distribution.  Two of them are bootable
23kernel-copy floppies, one is an installation floppy, and one is an
24upgrade floppy.  They are all described in more detail below.  There
25are gzipped versions of each available, for easier downloading.  (The
26gzipped versions have the ".gz" extension added to their names.)
27
28Bootable Kernel-copy floppies:
29
30	These disks contain file systems, are bootable, and have
31	enough utilities on board to copy a new kernel to your hard
32	disk once you have it partitioned for NetBSD.  They make
33	upgrading to a new kernel easy, because all you have to do is
34	get a new kernel-copy floppy with a new kernel, boot from it,
35	and confirm that you want to have the kernel copied to your
36	disk.
37
38	There are two different kernel copy floppy images,
39        "kcadp11.fs", and "kcoth11.fs".  They are identical except
40        that the kcadp floppy has the drivers for the supported Adaptec SCSI
41        controllers -- the Adaptec 1520, 1522, 1540, 1542, 1740, 1742, 1744,
42        and 2940 SCSI host adapters and the AIC6x60 and AIC7870 chips on 
43	motherboards or other brands of SCSI controllers -- and does not
44        contain the drivers for any other SCSI host adapters, which
45        are in the kernel on the kcoth floppy.  (The kernels on the install
46        disks are otherwise identical.)
47
48        Please note that because of space considerations the kernel
49        copy floppies no longer contain drivers that are not needed
50        during installation -- in particular, no drivers needed to run
51        the X Window System are available in these kernels. It is
52        recommended that you configure a custom kernel following
53        installation.
54
55        For those that cannot configure a custom kernel, two "generic"
56        kernel images, named "netbsd-adp.gz" and "netbsd-oth.gz", have
57        been placed in the binaries directory. These are identical
58        except that "netbsd-adp.gz" contains support for Adaptec SCSI
59        controllers, but no other SCSI controllers, and
60        "netbsd-oth.gz" contains support only for SCSI controllers
61        other than the Adaptec. (These are similar in nature to the
62        kernels on the kernel copy floppies but with additional device
63        support.) It is strongly encouraged that you build a custom
64        kernel for your installation rather than use a prebuilt generic
65        kernel.
66        
67
68Installation floppy:
69
70	This disk contains the software necessary to prepare your hard
71	drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD distribution. It is
72	not bootable, and must be used in conjunction with one of the
73	kernel-copy floppies.  This floppy is named "inst-11.fs".
74
75Upgrade floppy:
76
77	This disk contains the software to be used in upgrading the
78	system from a previous version of NetBSD.  It is not bootable,
79	and must be used in conjunction with one of the kernel-copy
80	floppies.  This floppy is named "upgr11.fs"
81
82The NetBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
83comprise the NetBSD 1.1 release for the i386.  There are seven binary
84distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
85distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "i386/binary"
86subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.1 distribution tree, and are as follows:
87
88	base11	The NetBSD/i386 1.1 base binary distribution.  You
89		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
90		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
91		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
92		includes shared library support, and excludes
93		everything described below.
94		[ 7.5M gzipped, 19.5M uncompressed ]
95
96	comp11	The NetBSD/i386 Compiler tools.  All of the tools
97		relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
98		This set includes the system include files
99		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
100		and the various system libraries (except the shared
101		libraries, which are included as part of the base
102		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
103		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
104		call and library manual pages.
105		[ 4.9M gzipped, 15.0M uncompressed ]
106
107	etc11	This distribution set contains the system
108		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
109		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
110		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
111		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
112		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
113		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
114		[ 63K gzipped, 338K uncompressed ]
115
116	games11	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
117		[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed ]
118
119	man11	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
120		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
121		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
122		that are included in the other sets.
123		[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.4M uncompressed ]
124
125	misc11	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
126		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
127		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
128		installed from the source tree by default.
129		[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
130
131	text11	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
132		including groff, all related programs, and their
133		manual pages.
134		[ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ]
135
136The i386 security distribution set is named "secr11" and can be found
137in the "i386/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.1 distribution
138tree.  It contains crypt.c (the source file for the DES encryption
139algorithm) and the binaries which depend on it, as well as the "bdes"
140DES encryption program.  You do not need this distribution set to use
141encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base11" distribution
142includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function.
143The "secr11" distribution set can be found only on those sites which
144carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can legally obtain it.
145(Remember, because of United States law, this distribution set may not be
146exported to locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
147	[ 154K gzipped, 358K uncompressed ]
148
149The i386 binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
150the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
151form a gzipped tar file.  Each i386 binary distribution set also has
152its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
153
154The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
155well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
156method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
157is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
158replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp"
159from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
160programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
161follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
162taken care of for you.
163