contents revision 1.1 
1The x68k-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2 release is found in the
2"x68k" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
3out as follows:
4
5.../NetBSD-1.2/x68k/
6			binary/		x68k binary distribution sets;
7					see below.
8
9			floppies/	x68k boot and installation
10					floppies; see below.
11
12			utils/		installation utilities which
13					runs on Human68k.
14
15There are three floppy images in the "x68k/floppies" subdirectory of
16the NetBSD 1.2 distribution. One is bootable kernel-copy floppy, one
17is "inst12.fs", which is used to install NetBSD/x68k for the first
18time, and one is "upgr12.fs", which is used in upgrading the system
19from the previous version of NetBSD/x68k.
20
21Bootable Kernel-copy floppy:
22
23	These disks contain file systems, are bootable, and have
24	enough utilities on board to copy a new kernel to your hard
25	disk once you have it partitioned for NetBSD.  They make
26	upgrading to a new kernel easy, because all you have to do is
27	get a new kernel-copy floppy with a new kernel, boot from it,
28	and confirm that you want to have the kernel copied to your
29	disk.
30
31Installation floppy:
32
33	This disk contains the software necessary to prepare your hard
34	drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD distribution. It is
35	not bootable, and must be used in conjunction with one of the
36	kernel-copy floppies.  This floppy is named "inst12.fs".
37
38Upgrade floppy:
39
40	This disk contains the software to be used in upgrading the
41	system from a previous version of NetBSD.  It is not bootable,
42	and must be used in conjunction with one of the kernel-copy
43	floppies.  This floppy is named "upgr12.fs".
44
45The NetBSD/x68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
46comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the x68k.  There are seven binary
47distribution sets.  The binary distribution sets can be found in
48subdirectories of the "x68k/binary" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2
49distribution tree, and are as follows:
50
51	base12	The NetBSD/x68k 1.2 base binary distribution.  You
52		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
53		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
54		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
55		includes shared library support, and excludes
56		everything described below.
57		[ 7.5M gzipped, 22.8M uncompressed ]
58
59	comp12	The NetBSD/x68k Compiler tools.  All of the tools
60		relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
61		This set includes the system include files
62		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
63		and the various system libraries (except the shared
64		libraries, which are included as part of the base
65		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
66		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
67		call and library manual pages.
68		[ 5.3M gzipped, 17.5M uncompressed ]
69
70	etc12	This distribution set contains the system
71		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
72		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
73		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
74		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
75		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
76		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
77		[ 68K gzipped, 358K uncompressed ]
78
79	games12	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
80		[ 2.8M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ]
81
82	man12	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
83		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
84		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
85		that are included in the other sets.
86		[ 0.9M gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ]
87
88	misc12	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
89		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
90		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
91		installed from the source tree by default.
92		[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
93
94	text12	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
95		including groff, all related programs, and their
96		manual pages.
97		[ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ]
98
99For other platform, there is a security distribution named "secr12"
100is provided.  It contains the files which cannot be exported outside
101the United States and Canada.  Since all the developers of the NetBSD/x68k
102live in Japan, the x68k security distribution is not provided in the
103binary form.
104
105The x68k binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
106the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
107form a gzipped tar file.  Each x68k binary distribution set also has
108its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
109
110The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
111well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
112method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
113is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
114replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
115from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
116programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
117follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
118taken care of for you.
119