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      1 The pmax-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2 release is found in the
      2 "pmax" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      3 out 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 
     16 The NetBSD/pmax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     17 comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the pmax.  There are seven binary
     18 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
     19 distribution sets can be found in the "pmax/binary" subdirectory of
     20 the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
     21 
     22 	base12	The NetBSD/pmax 1.2 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 
     69 The pmax distribution set does not include a security distribution.
     70 If you are in the US and want the security distribution you must
     71 get the security source distribution and recompile libcrypt.a and
     72 recompile 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, it may not be legal to
     77 distribute this set to locations outside of the United States and
     78 Canada.)
     79 [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ]
     80 
     81 The pmax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files.
     82 Each pmax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just
     83 as the source distribution sets do.
     84 
     85 The initial installation of NetBSD 1.2 on a Decstation not already running
     86 NetBSD 1.2 is supported by the following files, which are  included in 
     87 the `.../install' directory:
     88 
     89 	miniroot.gz	A gzipped copy of a miniroot filesystem.
     90 			When unzipped, this is suitable for dd'ing
     91 			onto a raw disk partition.
     92 
     93 	netbsd.gz	A gzipped GENERIC kernel.
     94 
     95 
     96 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
     97 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
     98 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
     99 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    100 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
    101 from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
    102 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
    103 follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
    104 taken care of for you.
    105