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1The sun3-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2"sun3" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3out as follows: 4 5.../NetBSD-_VER/sun3/ 6 INSTALL Installation notes; this file. 7 8 install/ Boot programs, a GENERIC kernel, 9 a stand-alone RAMDISK kernel, 10 and a miniroot filesystem image. 11 see below. 12 13 binary/ sun3 binary distribution sets; 14 see below. 15 16 security/ sun3 security distribution; 17 see below. 18 19Detailed content descriptions by directory: 20 21.../sun3/install/ 22 23The NetBSD/sun3 install distribution contains the files needed to 24"bootstrap" NetBSD onto a sun3 with no previous operating system, 25using either "boot from tape" or "boot from the network". See 26"Getting the NetBSD System onto Useful Media" for instructions 27on either method. Contents: 28 29 MakeBootTape A script for creating a boot tape using 30 the other files in this directory. 31 32 MakeInstTape A script for creating an install tape 33 with one "set" in each tape segment. 34 35 miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. 36 This image is to be un-gzipped and copied 37 into the swap area of a disk. 38 39 netbsd-rd.gz A gzipped copy of the "RAMDISK kernel" 40 for installing the miniroot filesystem. 41 42 netbsd-gen.gz A gzipped GENERIC kernel (for upgrade) 43 44 netboot A copy of the network boot program. 45 This is useful if you are installing 46 a diskless NetBSD/sun3 system. 47 48 tapeboot A copy of the tape boot program, used 49 as the first segment of a boot tape. 50 51.../sun3/binary/ 52 53The NetBSD/sun3 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 54comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the sun3. There are seven binary 55distribution sets and the "security" distribution set. The binary 56distribution sets can be found in the "sun3/binary" subdirectory of 57the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: 58 59 base The NetBSD/sun3 _VER base binary distribution. You 60 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 61 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 62 system to run and be minimally functional. It 63 includes shared library support, and excludes 64 everything described below. 65 [ 9M gzipped, 25M uncompressed ] 66 67 comp The NetBSD/sun3 Compiler tools. All of the tools 68 relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!). 69 This set includes the system include files 70 (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain, 71 and the various system libraries (except the shared 72 libraries, which are included as part of the base 73 set). This set also includes the manual pages for all 74 of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 75 call and library manual pages. 76 [ 7M gzipped, 23M uncompressed ] 77 78 etc This distribution set contains the system configuration 79 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 80 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 81 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 82 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 83 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 84 configuration files by hand.) 85 [ 54K gzipped, 320K uncompressed ] 86 87 games This set includes the games and their manual pages. 88 [ 3M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ] 89 90 man This set includes all of the manual pages for the 91 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 92 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 93 that are included in the other sets. 94 [ 3M gzipped, 10M uncompressed ] 95 96 misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 97 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 98 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 99 installed from the source tree by default. 100 [ 2M gzipped, 8M uncompressed ] 101 102 text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 103 including groff, all related programs, and their 104 manual pages. 105 [ 1M gzipped, 4M uncompressed ] 106 107.../sun3/security/ 108 109The sun3 security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found 110in the "sun3/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution 111tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" 112portion if the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those 113sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and that can 114legally obtain it. (Remember, because of United States law, it 115may not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of 116the United States and Canada.) 117 [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 118 119The sun3 binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files 120named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz". Each sun3 binary 121distribution set also has its own checksum files, just as the source 122distribution sets do. 123 124The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 125well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 126method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 127is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 128replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the commands: 129 130 cd / 131 tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz 132 133Note that the "--unlink" flags is very important! If you upgrade or 134install this way, those programs that you are using at the time will 135NOT be replaced unless you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option. If 136you follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be 137taken care of for you. 138