Home | History | Annotate | Line # | Download | only in mac68k
contents revision 1.10
      1 The mac68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      2 "mac68k" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      3 out as follows:
      4 
      5 .../NetBSD-_VER/mac68k/
      6 			SOURCE_DATE	the date, in the default format
      7 					produced by the date(1) command,
      8 					of the source that the release was
      9 					built from
     10 
     11 			INSTALL		these installation notes
     12 
     13 			binary/		mac68k system binaries;
     14 					see below.
     15 
     16 			installation/	installation helper items
     17 
     18 The NetBSD/mac68k system binaries include the NetBSD/mac68k binary
     19 distribution sets, additional kernels, and security-related system
     20 binaries.  The NetBSD _VER release for the mac68k port is comprised of
     21 those files found in the "mac68k/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD
     22 _VER distribution tree.  There are seven system distribution sets, two
     23 kernel distribution sets, and five X distribution sets.  The files in the
     24 "sets" subdirectory are as follows:
     25 
     26 	CKSUMS		checksums for the various files in the "sets"
     27 			directory, in the default format produced by the
     28 			cksum(1) command
     29 
     30 	base.tgz	The NetBSD/mac68k _VER base binary distribution.
     31 			You MUST install this distribution set.  It
     32 			contains the base NetBSD utilities that are
     33 			necessary for the system to run and be minimally
     34 			functional.  It includes shared library support,
     35 			and excludes everything described below.
     36 			[ 8.6M gzipped, 25.1M uncompressed ]
     37 
     38 	comp.tgz	The NetBSD/mac68k Compiler tools; all of the tools
     39 			relating to C and C++.  This set includes the
     40 			system include files (/usr/include), the linker,
     41 			the compiler tool chain, and the various system
     42 			libraries (except the shared libraries, which are
     43 			included as part of the base set).  This set also
     44 			includes the manual pages for all of the utilities
     45 			it contains, as well as the system call and library
     46 			manual pages. 
     47 			[ 6.2M gzipped, 21.6M uncompressed ]
     48 
     49 	etc.tgz		This distribution set contains the system
     50 			configuration files that reside in /etc and in
     51 			several other places.  This set MUST be installed
     52 			if you are installing the system from scratch, but
     53 			should NOT be used if you are upgrading.  (If you
     54 			are upgrading, it's recommended that you get a copy
     55 			of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your
     56 			configuration files by hand.) 
     57 			[ 49K gzipped, 288K uncompressed ]
     58 
     59 	games.tgz	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     60 			[ 2.8M gzipped, 7.2M uncompressed ]
     61 
     62 	kern_sbc.tgz
     63 	kern.tgz	The NetBSD/mac68k _VER kernel binary.  You MUST
     64 			install this file.  It is the kernel that you need
     65 			to boot the system.  If you experience SCSI-related
     66 			difficulties with your 68030-based system, you
     67 			might want to try kern_sbc.tgz instead.
     68 			[ 606K gzipped, 1.32M uncompressed ]
     69 
     70 	man.tgz		This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     71 			binaries and other software contained in the base
     72 			set.  Note that it does not include any of the
     73 			manual pages that are included in the other sets. 
     74 			[ 2.2M gzipped, 8.8M uncompressed ]
     75 
     76 	misc.tgz	This set includes the system dictionaries (which
     77 			are rather large), the typesettable document set,
     78 			and man pages for other architectures which happen
     79 			to be installed from the source tree by default. 
     80 			[ 2.1M gzipped, 7.6M uncompressed ]
     81 
     82 	text.tgz	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
     83 			including groff, all related programs, and their
     84 			manual pages. 
     85 			[ 1.0M gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ]
     86 
     87 	xbase.tgz	X clients, shared libraries, and related man pages.
     88 			Also includes bitmaps and miscellaneous
     89 			configuration files.
     90 			[ 2.34 M gzipped, 7.46M uncompressed ]
     91 
     92 	xcomp.tgz	Static libraries, include files (except bitmaps),
     93 			X config files (for xmkmf), and related man pages.
     94 			[ 1.57M gzipped, 6.38M uncompressed ]
     95 
     96 	xcontrib.tgz	User-contributed X binaries (e.g. xev, xload) built
     97 			from the X11 "contrib" sources with man pages and
     98 			default config files.
     99 			[ 178K gzipped, 661K uncompressed ]
    100 
    101 	xfont.tgz	X11 fonts.
    102 			[ 5.66M gzipped, 6.99M uncompressed ]
    103 
    104 	xserver.tgz	The Xmac68k _monochrome_ server with man pages.
    105 			[ 1.32M gzipped, 3.25M uncompressed ]
    106 
    107 The NetBSD/mac68k security distribution set is named "secr.tgz" and can be
    108 found in the "mac68k/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER
    109 distribution tree.  It contains the crypt libraries (for the DES encryption
    110 algorithm) and the binaries built from the "src/domestic" portion of the
    111 NetBSD source tree which depend on it.  It can only be found on those sites
    112 which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain
    113 it.  (Remember, because of United States law, it may not be legal to
    114 distribute this set to locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
    115 [ 779K gzipped, 2.5M uncompressed ]
    116 
    117 The mac68k binary distribution sets are distributed as full .tar.gz files
    118 (with the extension .tgz because the software used to download the sets may
    119 incorrectly auto-unpack files ending in .gz and to accomodate systems which
    120 only support 3 character extensions to file names).  The instructions
    121 given for extracting the source sets work equally well for the binary sets,
    122 but it is worth noting that if you use that method, the files are extracted
    123 "below" the current directory.  That is, if you want to extract the
    124 binaries "into" your system, i.e. replace the system binaries with them,
    125 you have to run the "tar xpf" from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or
    126 install this way, those programs that you are using at the time will NOT be
    127 replaced.  If you follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures,
    128 this will be taken care of for you.
    129 
    130 Additional kernels to those included in the distribution sets may be found
    131 in the "mac68k/binary/kernels" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution
    132 tree.  These kernels are generally named something like "netbsd-GENERIC.gz"
    133 or some other suitable name.  Please note that these kernels are simply
    134 gzipped and are not in tar archives.  A CKSUM file is included in this
    135 directory as well.
    136 
    137 The MacOS-based utilities necessary for installing and running NetBSD can
    138 be found in the "mac68k/installation/misc" subdirectory of the NetBSD
    139 _VER distribution tree.  The important files in this directory are as
    140 follows: 
    141 
    142 	Booter.sea.hqx		The NetBSD/Mac68k Booter utility.  This
    143 				program is used to boot the NetBSD kernel
    144 				from within MacOS.
    145 				[ 141 K archived ]
    146 
    147 	Installer.sea.hqx	The NetBSD/Mac68k Installer utility.  This
    148 				program is used to install the distribution
    149 				sets onto your NetBSD partition(s).
    150 				[ 147 K archived ]
    151 
    152 	Mkfs.sea.hqx		The Mkfs utility.  This program is used to
    153 				format your chosen partitions so that they
    154 				can be used with NetBSD.
    155 				[ 76 K archived ]
    156 
    157 These files are all binhexed, self-extracting archives.  If you need them,
    158 the sources for these utilities are in the "src" subdirectory.
    159