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      1 	$NetBSD: contents,v 1.3.2.1 1998/01/29 12:41:31 mellon Exp $	
      2 
      3 The x68k-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2 release is found in the
      4 "x68k" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      5 out as follows:
      6 
      7 .../NetBSD-1.2/x68k/
      8 			binary/		x68k binary distribution sets;
      9 					see below.
     10 
     11 			floppies/	x68k boot and installation
     12 					floppies; see below.
     13 
     14 			utils/		installation utilities which
     15 					runs on Human68k.
     16 
     17 There are three floppy images in the "x68k/floppies" subdirectory of
     18 the NetBSD 1.2 distribution. One is bootable kernel-copy floppy, one
     19 is "inst12.fs", which is used to install NetBSD/x68k for the first
     20 time, and one is "upgr12.fs", which is used in upgrading the system
     21 from the previous version of NetBSD/x68k.
     22 
     23 Bootable Kernel-copy floppy:
     24 
     25 	These disks contain file systems, are bootable, and have
     26 	enough utilities on board to copy a new kernel to your hard
     27 	disk once you have it partitioned for NetBSD.  They make
     28 	upgrading to a new kernel easy, because all you have to do is
     29 	get a new kernel-copy floppy with a new kernel, boot from it,
     30 	and confirm that you want to have the kernel copied to your
     31 	disk.
     32 
     33 Installation floppy:
     34 
     35 	This disk contains the software necessary to prepare your hard
     36 	drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD distribution. It is
     37 	not bootable, and must be used in conjunction with the kernel-
     38 	copy floppy.  This floppy is named "inst12.fs".
     39 
     40 Upgrade floppy:
     41 
     42 	This disk contains the software to be used in upgrading the
     43 	system from a previous version of NetBSD.  It is not bootable,
     44 	and must be used in conjunction with the kernel-copy floppy.
     45 	This floppy is named "upgr12.fs".
     46 
     47 The NetBSD/x68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     48 comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the x68k.  There are seven binary
     49 distribution sets.  The binary distribution sets can be found in
     50 subdirectories of the "x68k/binary" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2
     51 distribution tree, and are as follows:
     52 
     53 	base12	The NetBSD/x68k 1.2 base binary distribution.  You
     54 		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
     55 		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
     56 		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
     57 		includes shared library support, and excludes
     58 		everything described below.
     59 		[ 7.5M gzipped, 22.8M uncompressed ]
     60 
     61 	comp12	The NetBSD/x68k Compiler tools.  All of the tools
     62 		relating to C, C++, Objective C, and FORTRAN (yes,
     63 		there are two, although NO FORTRAN compiler!).
     64 		This set includes the system include files
     65 		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
     66 		and the various system libraries (except the shared
     67 		libraries, which are included as part of the base
     68 		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
     69 		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
     70 		call and library manual pages.
     71 		[ 5.3M gzipped, 17.5M uncompressed ]
     72 
     73 	etc12	This distribution set contains the system
     74 		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
     75 		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
     76 		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
     77 		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
     78 		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
     79 		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
     80 		[ 68K gzipped, 358K uncompressed ]
     81 
     82 	games12	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     83 		[ 2.8M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ]
     84 
     85 	man12	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     86 		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
     87 		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
     88 		that are included in the other sets.
     89 		[ 0.9M gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ]
     90 
     91 	misc12	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
     92 		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
     93 		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
     94 		installed from the source tree by default.
     95 		[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
     96 
     97 	text12	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
     98 		including groff, all related programs, and their
     99 		manual pages.
    100 		[ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ]
    101 
    102 For other platform, there is a security distribution named "secr12"
    103 provided.  The x68k security distribution is not provided in the
    104 binary form.
    105 
    106 The x68k binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
    107 the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
    108 form a gzipped tar file.  Each x68k binary distribution set also has
    109 its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
    110 
    111 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    112 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    113 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    114 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    115 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
    116 from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
    117 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
    118 follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
    119 taken care of for you.
    120