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      1 The vax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      2 "vax" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      3 out 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 
     24 There are a couple of files in the netboot directory; the boot program
     25 in different flavours, a generic kernel and a miniroot image. The files
     26 are 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 
     42 In these directories there are splitted files of both a small boot
     43 utility filesystem and a miniroot. See the section for installing
     44 to get more about this.
     45 
     46 .../vax/binary/
     47 
     48 The NetBSD/vax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     49 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the vax.  There are seven binary
     50 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
     51 distribution sets can be found in the "vax/binary" subdirectory of
     52 the 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 
    103 The vax security distribution set is named "secr13" and can be found
    104 in the "vax/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution
    105 tree.  It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion
    106 if the NetBSD source tree.  It can only be found on those sites which carry
    107 the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it.  (Remember,
    108 because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to
    109 locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
    110 [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ]
    111 
    112 The vax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files.
    113 Each vax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just
    114 as the source distribution sets do.
    115 
    116 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    117 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    118 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    119 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    120 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the command:
    121 
    122 	tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz
    123 
    124 from /.   Note that the "--unlink" flags is very important!
    125 
    126 For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation
    127 and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file.
    128