contents revision 1.4 1 $NetBSD: contents,v 1.4 1998/01/09 18:48:02 perry 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++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
63 This set includes the system include files
64 (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
65 and the various system libraries (except the shared
66 libraries, which are included as part of the base
67 set). This set also includes the manual pages for all
68 of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
69 call and library manual pages.
70 [ 5.3M gzipped, 17.5M uncompressed ]
71
72 etc12 This distribution set contains the system
73 configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
74 other places. This set MUST be installed if you are
75 installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
76 used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading,
77 it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
78 CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
79 [ 68K gzipped, 358K uncompressed ]
80
81 games12 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
82 [ 2.8M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ]
83
84 man12 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 [ 0.9M gzipped, 3.5M uncompressed ]
89
90 misc12 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, 6.6M uncompressed ]
95
96 text12 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 For other platform, there is a security distribution named "secr12"
102 provided. The x68k security distribution is not provided in the
103 binary form.
104
105 The x68k binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
106 the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
107 form a gzipped tar file. Each x68k binary distribution set also has
108 its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
109
110 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
111 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
112 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That
113 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
114 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
115 from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
116 programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced. If you
117 follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
118 taken care of for you.
119