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      1 	$NetBSD: contents,v 1.8 1999/01/25 23:34:24 garbled Exp $	
      2 
      3 The x68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
      4 "x68k" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
      5 out as follows:
      6 
      7 .../NetBSD-_VER/x68k/
      8 			INSTALL		Installation notes; this file.
      9 
     10 			binary/sets/	x68k binary distribution sets;
     11 					see below.
     12 
     13 			floppies/	x68k boot and installation
     14 					floppy; see below.
     15 
     16 			utils/		installation utilities which
     17 					runs on Human68k.
     18 
     19 There is a floppy image in the "x68k/floppies" subdirectory of the
     20 NetBSD _VER distribution, called "boot.fs".  This can be used for both
     21 installing NetBSD/x68k for the first time, and upgrading it from the
     22 previous release.  There is also gzipped version of this floppy (named
     23 with ".fs.gz") available.
     24 
     25 The NetBSD/x68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
     26 comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the x68k.  There are eight binary
     27 distribution sets.  The binary distribution sets can be found in the
     28 "x68k/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree,
     29 and are as follows:
     30 
     31 	base	The NetBSD/x68k _VER base binary distribution.  You
     32 		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
     33 		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
     34 		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
     35 		includes shared library support, and excludes
     36 		everything described below.
     37 		[ 8.7M gzipped, 25.2M uncompressed ]
     38 
     39 	comp	The NetBSD/x68k Compiler tools.  All of the tools
     40 		relating to C, C++, Objective C, and FORTRAN (yes,
     41 		there are two, although NO FORTRAN compiler!).
     42 		This set includes the system include files
     43 		(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
     44 		and the various system libraries (except the shared
     45 		libraries, which are included as part of the base
     46 		set).  This set also includes the manual pages for all
     47 		of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
     48 		call and library manual pages.
     49 		[ 6.5M gzipped, 22.8M uncompressed ]
     50 
     51 	etc	This distribution set contains the system
     52 		configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
     53 		other places.  This set MUST be installed if you are
     54 		installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
     55 		used if you are upgrading.  (If you are upgrading,
     56 		it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
     57 		CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
     58 		[ 53K gzipped, 330K uncompressed ]
     59 
     60 	games	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
     61 		[ 2.8M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed ]
     62 
     63 	kern	This set contains a NetBSD/x68k _VER ALL kernel,
     64 		named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution
     65 		set.
     66 		[ 640K gzipped, 1.4M uncompressed ]
     67 
     68 	man	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
     69 		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
     70 		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
     71 		that are included in the other sets.
     72 		[ 2.4M gzipped, 9.8M uncompressed ]
     73 
     74 	misc	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
     75 		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
     76 		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
     77 		installed from the source tree by default.
     78 		[ 2.1M gzipped, 8.2M uncompressed ]
     79 
     80 	text	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
     81 		including groff, all related programs, and their
     82 		manual pages.
     83 		[ 1.0M gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ]
     84 
     85 
     86 IMPORTANT: In previous versions of NetBSD, the kernel from the install
     87 floppy was copied onto the hard drive in a special step. In the new
     88 install system, the kernel on the floppy is unsuited to being copied
     89 onto the hard drive. Instead, a new set, "kern", has been added which
     90 contains a generic kernel to be unloaded onto the drive. It must be
     91 extracted in order to have a minimally functioning system.
     92 
     93 For other platform, there is a security distribution named "secr"
     94 provided.  The x68k security distribution is not provided in the
     95 binary form.
     96 
     97 The x68k binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
     98 named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz".
     99 
    100 The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
    101 well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
    102 method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
    103 is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
    104 replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xpf"
    105 from /.
    106