contents revision 1.4 
1The pmax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
2"pmax" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
3out as follows:
4
5.../NetBSD-_VER/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 _VER 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 _VER distribution tree, and are as follows:
21
22	base13	The NetBSD/pmax _VER 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	comp13	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	etc13	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	games13	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
50		[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed ]
51
52	man13	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	misc13	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	text13	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, it may not be legal to
77distribute this set to locations outside of the United States and
78Canada.)
79[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ]
80
81The pmax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files.
82Each pmax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just
83as the source distribution sets do.
84
85The initial installation of NetBSD _VER on a Decstation not already running
86NetBSD _VER is supported by the following files, which are  included in 
87the `.../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
96The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
97well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
98method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
99is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
100replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
101from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
102programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
103follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
104taken care of for you.
105