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1 The pmax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2 "pmax" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3 out as follows: 4 5 .../NetBSD-_VER/pmax/ 6 binary/ pmax binary distribution sets 7 and kernel images; 8 see below. 9 10 installation/ installation materials: 11 disk images of a complete root 12 filesystem, for both network and 13 diskful installation; see below. 14 15 misc/ miscellaneous binaries including 16 a copy of the sysinst instalation tool. 17 18 The NetBSD/pmax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 19 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the pmax. There are eight binary 20 distribution sets, plus optional X11 sets. The binary distribution 21 sets can be found in the "pmax/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD 22 _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: 23 24 base The NetBSD/pmax _VER base binary distribution. You 25 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 26 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 27 system to run and be minimally functional. It 28 does NOT include shared library support, and excludes 29 everything described below. 30 [ 11.6M gzipped ] 31 32 comp The NetBSD/pmax Compiler tools. All of the tools 33 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 34 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 35 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 36 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 37 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 38 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 39 call and library manual pages. 40 [ 10.9M gzipped ] 41 42 etc This distribution set contains the system configuration 43 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 44 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 45 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 46 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 47 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 48 configuration files by hand.) 49 [ 53K gzipped ] 50 51 games This set includes the games and their manual pages. 52 [ 3.0M gzipped ] 53 54 kern This set is a placeholder for bootable kernels. 55 56 man This set includes all of the manual pages for the 57 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 58 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 59 that are included in the other sets. 60 [ 2.6M gzipped ] 61 62 misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 63 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 64 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 65 installed from the source tree by default. 66 [ 1.9M gzipped, 8.3M uncompressed ] 67 68 text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 69 including groff, all related programs, and their 70 manual pages. 71 [ 1.1M gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ] 72 73 74 75 76 The pmax security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found in 77 the "pmax/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER 78 distribution tree. It contains security related binaries which depend 79 on cryptographic source code. You do not need this distribution set to 80 use encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base" distribution 81 includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption 82 function. The security distribution includes a version of the 83 Kerberos IV network security system, and a Kerberized version of the 84 "telnet" program. The "secr" distribution set can be found only on 85 those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can 86 legally obtain it. (Remember, because of United States law, it may 87 not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of the United 88 States and Canada.) 89 90 At the time of release, the pmax distribution set does not include a 91 security distribution. A binary will be built shortly after the 92 release by a US permanent resident. In the meantime, if you are in the 93 US or Canada and want the security distribution you must get the 94 security source distribution and recompile libcrypt.a and recompile 95 the following programs: 96 97 ed, ftpd, makekey, rexecd, uucpd, init, lock, login, passwd, 98 skeyinit, su, tn3270, pppd 99 100 101 102 103 Since NetBSD 1.3, binary sets for the X Window system are also 104 distributed with each NetBSD release. The binaries are based on 105 X11R6.3 and can be installed using the 'sysinst' utility. 106 107 108 xbase The basic files needed for a complete X 109 client environment. This does not include 110 the X servers. 111 [ 3.25M gzipped ] 112 113 xcomp The extra libraries and include files needed 114 to compile X source code. 115 [ 2.1M gzipped, 7.3M uncompressed ] 116 117 xcontrib Programs that were contributed to X. 118 [ 216 gzipped ] 119 120 xfont Fonts needed by X. 121 [ 5.8M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ] 122 123 xserver X servers built from X11R5, supporting the 4.3bsd-derived 124 Xserver/framebuffer protocol used in NetBSD/pmax. 125 See the README file in this set for more information 126 on conifguring the X11 R5 servers to work with X11R6 clients. 127 128 [ 712k gzipped, 2.4 unzipped ] 129 130 131 The pmax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 132 Each pmax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just 133 as the source distribution sets do. 134 135 The initial installation of NetBSD _VER on a Decstation not already running 136 NetBSD _VER is supported by the following files, which are included in 137 the `./installation' subdirectory: 138 139 diskimage/diskimage.gz 140 A gzipped copy of a full root filesystem. 141 When unzipped, this is suitable for dd'ing 142 onto a raw disk partition. 143 144 145 netboot/diskimage.tar.gz 146 A gzipped copy of a tar file containing the same 147 files as diskimage.gz. When unzipped, this is 148 suitable for setting up an NFS server for diskless 149 boot or installing via netboot. 150 151 Distribution kernel images (e.g., for installalling on Ultrix) are 152 also available separately in the ./binary/kernel subdirectory: 153 154 netbsd.aout An a.out-format generic kernel, bootable on an 155 existing NetBSD system. 156 157 netbsd.ecoff An ECOFF-format kernel, suitable for diskless boot 158 via TFTP or for upgrading from Ultrix. 159 160 161 nfsnetbsd.ecoff An minimal ECOFF-format kernel, minimized to 162 boot on bugggy PROMs that cannot boot kernels 163 larger than ~1 Mbyte. 164 165 166 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 167 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 168 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 169 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 170 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp" 171 from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those 172 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced. If you 173 follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be 174 taken care of for you. 175
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