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1The vax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2"vax" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3out as follows: 4 5.../NetBSD-_VER/vax/ 6 INSTALL Installation notes; this file. 7 8 binary/ vax binary distribution sets; 9 see below. 10 11 security/ vax security distribution; 12 see below. 13 14 tk50/ Files to install from tape. 15 16 rx50/ Files to install from RX50 floppy. 17 18 rx33/ Files to install from RX33 floppy. 19 20 netboot/ Files needed when netbooting. 21 22.../vax/netboot/ 23 24There are a couple of files in the netboot directory; the boot program 25in different flavours, a generic kernel and a miniroot image. The files 26are described below: 27 28 boot The NetBSD loader program, needed to load the 29 kernel or any standalone program from disk/tape/net. 30 31 boot.mopformat The same as above, but in MOP format. 32 33 gennetbsd.gz A generic NetBSD/vax kernel, gzipped. 34 35 miniroot.tar.gz A tar'ed and gzipped miniroot, unpack this to 36 get a small netbooted environment. 37 38.../vax/tk50/ 39.../vax/rx50/ 40.../vax/rx33/ 41 42In these directories there are splitted files of both a small boot 43utility filesystem and a miniroot. See the section for installing 44to get more about this. 45 46.../vax/binary/ 47 48The NetBSD/vax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 49comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the vax. There are seven binary 50distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary 51distribution sets can be found in the "vax/binary" subdirectory of 52the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: 53 54 base13 The NetBSD/vax _VER base binary distribution. You 55 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 56 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 57 system to run and be minimally functional. It 58 includes shared library support, and excludes 59 everything described below. 60 [ 7.6M gzipped, 21.5M uncompressed ] 61 62 comp13 The NetBSD/vax Compiler tools. All of the tools 63 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 64 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 65 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 66 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 67 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 68 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 69 call and library manual pages. 70 [ 5.4M gzipped, 17.2M uncompressed ] 71 72 etc13 This distribution set contains the system configuration 73 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 74 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 75 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 76 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 77 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 78 configuration files by hand.) 79 [ 68K gzipped, 350K uncompressed ] 80 81 games13 This set includes the games and their manual pages. 82 [ 2.9M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ] 83 84 man13 This set includes all of the manual pages for the 85 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 86 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 87 that are included in the other sets. 88 [ 0.9K gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ] 89 90 misc13 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 91 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 92 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 93 installed from the source tree by default. 94 [ 1.9M gzipped, 6.5M uncompressed ] 95 96 text13 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 97 including groff, all related programs, and their 98 manual pages. 99 [ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ] 100 101.../vax/security/ 102 103The vax security distribution set is named "secr13" and can be found 104in the "vax/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution 105tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion 106if the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those sites which carry 107the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it. (Remember, 108because of United States law, this distribution set may not be exported to 109locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 110[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 111 112The vax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 113Each vax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just 114as the source distribution sets do. 115 116The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 117well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 118method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 119is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 120replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the command: 121 122 tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz 123 124from /. Note that the "--unlink" flags is very important! 125 126For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation 127and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file. 128