From a7dec70a74f423e977faf0c59f26c130cd0f763a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ross Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 02:45:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Replace with README from current snapshot. --- distrib/alpha/README.files | 73 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/distrib/alpha/README.files b/distrib/alpha/README.files index b7678dabecfa..ca71215dae81 100644 --- a/distrib/alpha/README.files +++ b/distrib/alpha/README.files @@ -1,45 +1,46 @@ -$NetBSD: README.files,v 1.8 1997/03/14 00:56:03 cgd Exp $ -README.files This list. + Tape, CD, and Disk Images -ported-software A list of software ported to NetBSD/Alpha, - and patches to make software go. +This release or snapshot contains two installation image types: -Snapshots are organized by release. Releases are numbered by year, month, -and day, in directories with names of the form "YYMMDD". + installation/floppy/disk1of2 + installation/floppy/disk2of2 -In each directory: +and + installation/diskimage/cdhdtape -CKSUMS Checksums (generated with NetBSD's "cksum" - utility) of all files in this snapshot. -MD5SUMS MD5 message digests (generated with NetBSD's - "md5" utility) of all files in this snapshot. -README_FIRST Important last-minute notes about the snapshot. -README Installation notes; incomplete. -STATUS Status of NetBSD/Alpha, supported hardware list. +Both image sets load the same installation kernel into memory and +then make no further use of the source media. The general idea is +to load a kernel with a pre-initialized memory filesystem of +utilities and an installation program. -bin/ Directory with binaries for this snapshot. +The use of the floppy disk set should be obvious. The cdhdtape +image can be written to a CD, hard drive, or tape and then booted +from the SRM console. - bin.tar.gz Everything on the disk image except /etc, - /usr/X11R6, /boot, and the kernel. - etc.tar.gz /etc from the disk image. - netbsd.gz Gzipped GENERIC kernel (also on disk image). - netbsd.gdb.gz Gzipped GENERIC kernel w/debugging symbols. - diskimage.gz Disk image for installation. - x11.tar.gz /usr/X11R6 from the disk image. +To copy the boot images to a magnetic disk under unix, the dd(1) +command can be used: -src/ Directory with sources for this snapshot. +Floppy: + dd if=disk1of2 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=18k + (change floppies) + dd if=disk2of2 of=/dev/rfd0a bs=18k - X11R6-XF86-*-diffs.gz - Diffs from XFree86 (version indicated by - whatever matches that '*') used to make - the X11 binaries in the distribution. - X11 sources should be placed in - /usr/alphasrc/xc with a symlink pointing - from /usr/src/xc. [May not be present - in all distributions.] - toolchain.tar.gz Toolchain (gcc, gas, ld, etc.) sources - used to build the compiler toolchain. - Should be untarred into - /usr/alphasrc/toolchain with a symlink - pointing from /usr/src/toolchain. +You can write the image to a hard drive too: + + dd bs=18k if=cdhdtape of=/dev/rsd1c + dd bs=18k if=cdhdtape of=/dev/rsd1d (NetBSD/i386) + +For a tape, it is important to use a block size of 512, so: + + dd bs=512 if=cdhdtape of=/dev/erst0 (NetBSD) + dd bs=512 if=cdhdtape of=/dev/rmt0h (Digital Unix) + +Note that the bits on the installation media are only used when +initially loaded. They can be written to a hard drive, loaded, and +then overwritten during the installation with no conflict, or +alternatively, the boot CD or tape can be removed and replaced with +one containing the installation sets. + +The install notes from this directory subtree are present on the +installation file system.