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1 $NetBSD: contents,v 1.3 1998/01/09 18:47:51 perry Exp $ 2 3The vax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 4"vax" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 5out as follows: 6 7.../NetBSD-_VER/vax/ 8 INSTALL Installation notes; this file. 9 10 binary/ vax binary distribution sets; 11 see below. 12 13 security/ vax security distribution; 14 see below. 15 16 tk50/ Files to install from tape. 17 18 rx50/ Files to install from RX50 floppy. 19 20 rx33/ Files to install from RX33 floppy. 21 22 netboot/ Files needed when netbooting. 23 24.../vax/netboot/ 25 26There are a couple of files in the netboot directory; the boot program 27in different flavours, a generic kernel and a miniroot image. The files 28are described below: 29 30 boot The NetBSD loader program, needed to load the 31 kernel or any standalone program from disk/tape/net. 32 33 boot.mopformat The same as above, but in MOP format. 34 35 gennetbsd.gz A generic NetBSD/vax kernel, gzipped. 36 37 miniroot.tar.gz A tar'ed and gzipped miniroot, unpack this to 38 get a small netbooted environment. 39 40.../vax/tk50/ 41.../vax/rx50/ 42.../vax/rx33/ 43 44In these directories there are splitted files of both a small boot 45utility filesystem and a miniroot. See the section for installing 46to get more about this. 47 48.../vax/binary/ 49 50The NetBSD/vax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 51comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the vax. There are seven binary 52distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary 53distribution sets can be found in the "vax/binary" subdirectory of 54the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: 55 56 base13 The NetBSD/vax _VER base binary distribution. You 57 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 58 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 59 system to run and be minimally functional. It 60 includes shared library support, and excludes 61 everything described below. 62 [ 7.6M gzipped, 21.5M uncompressed ] 63 64 comp13 The NetBSD/vax Compiler tools. All of the tools 65 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 66 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 67 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 68 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 69 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 70 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 71 call and library manual pages. 72 [ 5.4M gzipped, 17.2M uncompressed ] 73 74 etc13 This distribution set contains the system configuration 75 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 76 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 77 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 78 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 79 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 80 configuration files by hand.) 81 [ 68K gzipped, 350K uncompressed ] 82 83 games13 This set includes the games and their manual pages. 84 [ 2.9M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ] 85 86 man13 This set includes all of the manual pages for the 87 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 88 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 89 that are included in the other sets. 90 [ 0.9K gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ] 91 92 misc13 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 93 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 94 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 95 installed from the source tree by default. 96 [ 1.9M gzipped, 6.5M uncompressed ] 97 98 text13 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 99 including groff, all related programs, and their 100 manual pages. 101 [ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ] 102 103.../vax/security/ 104 105The vax security distribution set is named "secr13" and can be found 106in the "vax/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution 107tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion 108if the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those sites which carry 109the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it. (Remember, 110because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to 111locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 112[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 113 114The vax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 115Each vax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just 116as the source distribution sets do. 117 118The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 119well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 120method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 121is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 122replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the command: 123 124 tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz 125 126from /. Note that the "--unlink" flags is very important! 127 128For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation 129and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file. 130