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1The pmax-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.1 release is found in the 2"pmax" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3out as follows: 4 5.../NetBSD-1.2/pmax/ 6 binary/ pmax binary distribution sets; 7 see below. 8 9 install/ a GENERIC kernel, installation 10 utilities and a miniroot filesystem; 11 see below. 12 13 security/ pmax security distribution; 14 see below. 15 16The NetBSD/pmax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 17comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the pmax. There are seven binary 18distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary 19distribution sets can be found in the "pmax/binary" subdirectory of 20the NetBSD 1.1 distribution tree, and are as follows: 21 22 base12 The NetBSD/pmax 1.1 base binary distribution. You 23 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 24 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 25 system to run and be minimally functional. It 26 does NOT include shared library support, and excludes 27 everything described below. 28 [ 20.4M gzipped, 19M uncompressed ] 29 30 comp12 The NetBSD/pmax Compiler tools. All of the tools 31 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 32 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 33 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 34 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 35 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 36 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 37 call and library manual pages. 38 [ 7.4M gzipped, 14.7M uncompressed ] 39 40 etc12 This distribution set contains the system configuration 41 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 42 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 43 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 44 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 45 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 46 configuration files by hand.) 47 [ 68K gzipped, 348K uncompressed ] 48 49 games12 This set includes the games and their manual pages. 50 [ 2.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed ] 51 52 man12 This set includes all of the manual pages for the 53 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 54 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 55 that are included in the other sets. 56 [ 0.9M gzipped, 3.6M uncompressed ] 57 58 misc12 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 59 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 60 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 61 installed from the source tree by default. 62 [ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ] 63 64 text12 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 65 including groff, all related programs, and their 66 manual pages. 67 [ 1.2M gzipped, 3.18M uncompressed ] 68 69The pmax distribution set does not include a security distribution. 70If you are in the US and want the security distribution you must 71get the security source distribution and recompile libcrypt.a and 72recompile the following programs: 73 ed, ftpd, makekey, rexecd, uucpd, init, lock, login, passwd, 74 skeyinit, su, tn3270, pppd 75 76(Remember, because of United States law, this distribution set may not 77be exported to locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 78[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 79 80The pmax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 81Each pmax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just 82as the source distribution sets do. 83 84The initial installation of NetBSD 1.2 on a Decstatio not already running 85NetBSD 1.2 is supported by the following files, which are included in 86the `.../install' directory: 87 88 miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of a miniroot filesystem. 89 When unzipped, this is suitable for dd'ing 90 onto a raw disk partition. 91 92 SYS_NBOOT.gz A gzipped copy of the network boot block. 93 This is useful if you are installing 94 a diskless NetBSD/pmax system. 95 96 inst-12.fs.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. 97 98 netbsd.gz A gzipped GENERIC kernel. 99 100 101The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 102well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 103method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 104is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 105replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp" 106from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those 107programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced. If you 108follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be 109taken care of for you. 110