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1 The mvme68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2 "mvme68k" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3 out as follows: 4 5 .../NetBSD-_VER/mvme68k/ 6 INSTALL.txt Installation notes; this file. 7 8 install/ Boot programs, a VME147 kernel, 9 a stand-alone RAMDISK kernel, and 10 a miniroot filesystem image. 11 see below. 12 13 binary/ mvme68k binary distribution sets; 14 see below. 15 16 security/ mvme68k security distribution; 17 see below. 18 19 .../mvme68k/install/ 20 21 The NetBSD/mvme68k install distribution contains files that can be 22 used to install NetBSD onto a completely "bare" VME147. The files 23 in the "mvme68k/install" directory are described below: 24 25 miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. 26 This image is to be un-gzipped and copied 27 into the swap area of a disk. 28 29 netbsd-rd.gz A gzipped copy of the "RAMDISK kernel" 30 for installing the miniroot filesystem. 31 32 netbsd.gz A gzipped VME147 kernel (for upgrade) 33 34 stboot A tape boot-block, in the form required to 35 allow 147-Bug to boot from tape. This is the 36 first segment of a boot tape. 37 38 bootst A copy of the tape boot program, used 39 as the second segment of a boot tape. 40 41 sboot A copy of the serial boot program. This is 42 necessary if you don't have a tape drive, 43 but you _do_ have another system which can 44 act as a boot and NFS server. This is also 45 useful if you are installing a diskless 46 NetBSD/mvme68k system. 47 48 netboot A copy of the network boot program. Used 49 in conjunction with sboot to get your system 50 booted over a network. 51 52 These files can be used to make a boot tape suitable for installing 53 NetBSD/mvme68k. These files can also be used to configure an NFS server 54 to support installation "over the network". See the section "Getting 55 the NetBSD System onto Useful Media" for instructions on either method. 56 57 .../mvme68k/binary/ 58 59 The NetBSD/mvme68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 60 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the VME147. There are seven binary 61 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary 62 distribution sets are as follows: 63 64 base The NetBSD/mvme68k _VER base binary distribution. You 65 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 66 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 67 system to run and be minimally functional. It includes 68 shared library support, and excludes everything 69 described below. 70 [ 9.2M gzipped, 26.5M uncompressed ] 71 72 comp The NetBSD/mvme68k Compiler tools. All of the tools 73 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 74 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 75 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 76 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 77 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 78 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 79 call and library manual pages. 80 [ 6.9M gzipped, 24.1M uncompressed ] 81 82 etc This distribution set contains the system configuration 83 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 84 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 85 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 86 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 87 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 88 configuration files by hand.) 89 [ 53K gzipped, 327K uncompressed ] 90 91 games This set includes the games and their manual pages. 92 [ 2.9M gzipped, 7.5M uncompressed ] 93 94 man 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 [ 2.5K gzipped, 10.3M uncompressed ] 99 100 misc 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 [ 2.3M gzipped, 8.7M uncompressed ] 105 106 text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 107 including groff, all related programs, and their 108 manual pages. 109 [ 1.0M gzipped, 3.9M uncompressed ] 110 111 .../mvme68k/security/ 112 113 The mvme68k security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found 114 in the "mvme68k/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution 115 tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion 116 of the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those sites which carry 117 the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it. (Remember, 118 because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to 119 locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 120 [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 121 122 The mvme68k binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 123 Each mvme68k binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, 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 command: 131 132 tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz 133 134 from /. Note that the "--unlink" flag is very important! 135 136 For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation 137 and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file. 138
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