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      2 
      3 The vax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      4 "vax" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      5 out 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 
     26 There are a couple of files in the netboot directory; the boot program
     27 in different flavours, a generic kernel and a miniroot image. The files
     28 are 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 
     44 In these directories there are splitted files of both a small boot
     45 utility filesystem and a miniroot. See the section for installing
     46 to get more about this.
     47 
     48 .../vax/binary/
     49 
     50 The NetBSD/vax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     51 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the vax.  There are seven binary
     52 distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
     53 distribution sets can be found in the "vax/binary" subdirectory of
     54 the 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 
    105 The vax security distribution set is named "secr13" and can be found
    106 in the "vax/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution
    107 tree.  It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion
    108 if the NetBSD source tree.  It can only be found on those sites which carry
    109 the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it.  (Remember,
    110 because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to
    111 locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
    112 [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ]
    113 
    114 The vax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files.
    115 Each vax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just
    116 as the source distribution sets do.
    117 
    118 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    119 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    120 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    121 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    122 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the command:
    123 
    124 	tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz
    125 
    126 from /.   Note that the "--unlink" flags is very important!
    127 
    128 For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation
    129 and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file.
    130