update for 1.2G

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The i386-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2 release is found in the
The i386-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2G release is found in the
"i386" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid
out as follows:
.../NetBSD-1.2/i386/
.../NetBSD-1.2G/i386/
INSTALL Installation notes; this file.
binary/ i386 binary distribution sets;
@ -18,28 +18,30 @@ out as follows:
installation utilities; see
installation section, below.
There are four i386 floppy images to be found in the "i386/floppy"
subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution. All are bootable. Two of
them are installation floppies, two are upgrade floppies. They are
all described in more detail below. There are gzipped versions of
each available, for easier downloading. (The gzipped versions have
the ".gz" extension added to their names.)
There an i386 floppy image named "boot-12G.fs" in the "i386/floppy"
subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2G distribution. It is bootable. This
floppy is used both for installations and for upgrades. It is
described in more detail below. There is also a gzipped version of
this floppy named "boot-12G.fs.gz" available, for easier downloading.
Bootable installation floppies:
Bootable installation/upgrade floppy:
These disks are bootable, and contain the software necessary
This disk is bootable, and contains the software necessary
to prepare your hard drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD
distribution.
distribution, or to upgrading an already installed
system from a previous version of NetBSD.
Unlike previous NetBSD releases, there is no seperate "kernel
copy" floppy. Instead, the install floppy contains only a
special compressed kernel with a built in ramdisk image of the
installation file system.
Unlike previous NetBSD releases, there are no separate "kernel
copy" floppies or "upgrade" floppies. Instead, the install
floppy contains only a special compressed kernel with a built
in ramdisk image of the installation/upgrade file
system. There is also no longer any need to use a different
boot floppy for Adaptec and Buslogic based systems.
Because the kernel on the installation disks is not suitable
Because the kernel on the installation disk is not suitable
for use beyond initial installation and configuration, a
"generic" kernel has been placed in a distribution set named
"kern12D". This kernel is intended to run your system while
"kern12G". This kernel is intended to run your system while
you build a custom kernel. It is strongly encouraged that you
build a custom kernel for your installation rather than use
the prebuilt generic kernel on a long term basis.
@ -50,32 +52,26 @@ Bootable installation floppies:
drivers needed to run the X Window System are available in
these kernels.
The "inst12D.fs" floppy is the installation floppy that should
be used by most users. The "insts12D.fs" "small install"
floppy contains a "small" installation kernel lacking some
space intensive and lesser used drivers, especially the driver
for the Western Digital WD7000 SCSI controller. The "small
install" floppies are suitable for use on machines with four
megabytes of memory, which will not boot the "inst12D.fs"
floppy. If you have more than four megabytes of memory, you
will probably be better off with the "inst12D.fs" floppy.
Bootable upgrade floppies:
These disks contains the software to be used in upgrading the
system from a previous version of NetBSD. They are bootable,
and are otherwise nearly identical in description to the
installation floppies described above.
[NOTE: In this snapshot, the "boot-12G.fs" floppy lacks a copy
of the driver for the Western Digital WD7000 SCSI
controller. This is to permit the system to successfully boot
on machines with four megabytes of memory. The wds driver,
unfortunately, has a design defect that makes it take up very
large amounts of statically allocated memory. This defect is
being fixed in the near future and the driver will be on the
NetBSD/i386 1.3 boot floppy. For the moment, if you are a
Western Digital user, please either custom build a boot floppy
for yourself, ask someone to build one for you, or wait for
another snapshot.]
The NetBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the i386. There are eight binary
comprise the NetBSD 1.2G release for the i386. There are eight binary
distribution sets and the "security" distribution set. The binary
distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "i386/binary"
subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2G distribution tree, and are as follows:
base12 The NetBSD/i386 1.2 base binary distribution. You
base12G The NetBSD/i386 1.2G base binary distribution. You
MUST install this distribution set. It contains the
base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
system to run and be minimally functional. It
@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
everything described below.
[ 7.5M gzipped, 19.5M uncompressed ]
comp12 The NetBSD/i386 Compiler tools. All of the tools
comp12G The NetBSD/i386 Compiler tools. All of the tools
relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
This set includes the system include files
(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
call and library manual pages.
[ 4.9M gzipped, 15.0M uncompressed ]
etc12 This distribution set contains the system
etc12G This distribution set contains the system
configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
other places. This set MUST be installed if you are
installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
@ -103,27 +99,27 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
[ 63K gzipped, 338K uncompressed ]
games12 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
games12G This set includes the games and their manual pages.
[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed ]
kern12D This set contains a NetBSD/i386 1.2D GENERIC kernel,
kern12GG This set contains a NetBSD/i386 1.2G GENERIC kernel,
named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution
set.
[ .8M gzipped, 1.7M uncompressed ]
man12 This set includes all of the manual pages for the
man12G This set includes all of the manual pages for the
binaries and other software contained in the base set.
Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
that are included in the other sets.
[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.4M uncompressed ]
misc12 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
misc12G This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
rather large), the typesettable document set, and
man pages for other architectures which happen to be
installed from the source tree by default.
[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
text12 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
text12G This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
including groff, all related programs, and their
manual pages.
[ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ]
@ -136,16 +132,15 @@ onto the hard drive. Instead, a new set, "kern", has been added which
contains a generic kernel to be unloaded onto the drive. It must be
extracted in order to have a minimally functioning system.
The i386 security distribution set is named "secr12" and can be found
in the "i386/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution
tree. It contains crypt.c (the source file for the DES encryption
algorithm) and the binaries which depend on it, as well as the "bdes"
DES encryption program. You do not need this distribution set to use
encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base12" distribution
The i386 security distribution set is named "secr12G" and can be found
in the "i386/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2G distribution
tree. It contains security related binaries which depend on
cryptographic source code. You do not need this distribution set to use
encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base12G" distribution
includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function.
The security distribution also includes a version of the Kerberos IV
The security distribution includes a version of the Kerberos IV
network security system, and a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program.
The "secr12" distribution set can be found only on those sites which
The "secr12G" distribution set can be found only on those sites which
carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can legally obtain it.
(Remember, because of United States law, this distribution set may not be
exported to locations outside of the United States and Canada.)

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NetBSD/i386 1.2A runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
NetBSD/i386 1.2G runs on ISA (AT-Bus), EISA, PCI, and VL-bus systems
with 386-family processors, with or without math coprocessors. It
does NOT support MCA systems, such as some IBM PS/2 systems. The
minimal configuration is said to require 4M of RAM and 50M of disk

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@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ question. If you wish to stop the installation, you may hit Control-C
at any time, but if you do, you'll have to begin the installation
process again from scratch.
Boot your machine using the appropriate installation floppy.
The boot loader will start, and will print a countdown and
begin booting. You will likely see one "file not found"
warning from the boot loader -- ignore this as it is normal,
and indicates the boot loader failed to find a normal kernel
to boot before trying to boot a compressed kernel.
Boot your machine using the boot floppy. The boot loader will
start, and will print a countdown and begin booting. You will
likely see one "file not found" warning from the boot loader
-- ignore this as it is normal, and indicates the boot loader
failed to find a normal kernel to boot before trying to boot a
compressed kernel.
If the boot loader messages do not appear in a reasonable
amount of time, you either have a bad boot floppy or a
@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ process again from scratch.
completely normal. When you reach the prompt asking you for a
shell name, just hit return.
You will be asked if you wish to install or upgrade your
system or go to a shell prompt. Enter "install".
You will be presented with a welcome message and a prompt,
asking if you wish to proceed with the installation process.
If you wish to proceed, enter "y" and hit return.
@ -222,12 +225,12 @@ process again from scratch.
Run the "Extract" command once for each distribution
set you wish to install. For instance, if you wish to
install the "kern12D" distribution set, followed by the
"base12" distribution set, and finally the "etc12"
install the "kern12G" distribution set, followed by the
"base12G" distribution set, and finally the "etc12G"
distribution set, use the commands:
Extract kern12D
Extract base12
Extract etc12
Extract kern12G
Extract base12G
Extract etc12G
For each extraction, it will ask you if the extraction
should be verbose. If you reply affirmatively, it
@ -282,9 +285,9 @@ process again from scratch.
hitting return at the prompt.
Use the "Extract" command to extract the distribution
set. For instance, if you're extracting the "base12"
set. For instance, if you're extracting the "base12G"
set, use the command:
Extract base12
Extract base12G
You will be asked if you wish the extraction to be
verbose. If you reply affirmatively, the name of each
file being extracted will be printed.
@ -403,8 +406,8 @@ Completing your installation:
Once you have finished extracting all of the distribution sets
that you wish to install, and are back at the "#" prompt, you
are ready to configure your system. The configuration utility
expects that you have installed the "kern12D", "base12" and
"etc12" distribution sets. If you have not, you will not be
expects that you have installed the "kern12G", "base12G" and
"etc12G" distribution sets. If you have not, you will not be
able to run it successfully (nor will you have a functional
system, in any case). To configure your newly-installed
NetBSD system, run the command "Configure". It will ask you
@ -414,13 +417,13 @@ Completing your installation:
system.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed NetBSD 1.2D. When you
Congratulations, you have successfully installed NetBSD 1.2G. When you
reboot into NetBSD, you should log in as "root" at the login prompt.
There is no initial password, but if you're using the machine in a
networked environment, you should create yourself an account and
protect it and the "root" account with good passwords.
Some of the files in the NetBSD 1.2D distribution might need to be
Some of the files in the NetBSD 1.2G distribution might need to be
tailored for your site. In particular, the /etc/sendmail.cf file will
almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will
probably need to be modified, as well. If you are unfamiliar with

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This product includes software developed by Herb Peyerl.
This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
by Matthias Drochner.
This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
by Perry E. Metzger.
In the following statement, "This software" refers to the Mitsumi
CD-ROM driver:

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The upgrade to NetBSD 1.2 is a binary upgrade; it would be prohibitive
to make users upgrade by compiling and installing the 1.2 sources, and
The upgrade to NetBSD 1.2G is a binary upgrade; it would be prohibitive
to make users upgrade by compiling and installing the 1.2G sources, and
it would be very difficult to even compile a set of instructions that
allowed them to do so. Because of the many changes to the system, it
is difficult impractical to upgrade by recompiling from the sources
and installing.
To do the upgrade, you must have the appropriate upgrade floppy image
(either upgr12D.fs or upgrs12D.fs). You must also have at least the
"base12D" and "kern12D" binary distribution sets available, so that
you can upgrade with it, using one of the upgrade methods described
above. Finally, you must have sufficient disk space available to
install the new binaries. Since the old binaries are being
overwritten in place, you only need space for the new binaries, which
weren't previously on the system. If you have a few megabytes free on
each of your root and /usr partitions, you should have enough space.
To do the upgrade, you must have the boot floppy image (boot-12G.fs)
available. You must also have at least the "base12G" and "kern12G"
binary distribution sets available, so that you can upgrade with it,
using one of the upgrade methods described above. Finally, you must
have sufficient disk space available to install the new binaries.
Since the old binaries are being overwritten in place, you only need
space for the new binaries, which weren't previously on the system.
If you have a few megabytes free on each of your root and /usr
partitions, you should have enough space.
Since upgrading involves replacing the boot blocks on your NetBSD
partition, the kernel, and most of the system binaries, it has the
@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
completely normal. When you reach the prompt asking you for a
shell name, just hit return.
You will be asked if you wish to install or upgrade your
system or go to a shell prompt. Enter "upgrade".
You will be presented with some information about the upgrade
process and a warning message, and will be asked if you wish
to proceed with the upgrade process. If you answer
@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
probably do it manually after the install process is complete,
by using "fsck -c 2". Read the fsck(8) manual page for more
details. NOTE: ONLY UPGRADE YOUR FILE SYSTEMS IF YOU ARE
UPGRADING FROM A PRE-NetBSD 1.0 RELEASE
UPGRADING FROM A PRE-NetBSD 1.0 RELEASE.
If you choose to upgrade your file systems, the upgrade
program will then check your root file system, and, if you
@ -86,13 +89,13 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
After the software has been transferred to the machine (or
mounted, in the case of upgrading via NFS), change into the
directory containing the "base12" distribution set. Once you
directory containing the "base12G" distribution set. Once you
are there, run the "Set_tmp_dir" command, and hit return at
the prompt to select the default answer for the temporary
directory's path name. (It should be the path name of the
directory that you're in.)
Run the command "Extract base12" to upgrade the base
Run the command "Extract base12G" to upgrade the base
distribution.
Repeat the above two steps for all of the sets you wish to
@ -100,8 +103,8 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
set, run "Set_tmp_dir" and accept the default path name, then
run the "Extract <setname>" command.)
NOTE: YOU MUST INSTALL THE "kern12D" DISTRIBUTION, AS IT
CONTAINS THE NEW NetBSD 1.2D KERNEL! This step is different
NOTE: YOU MUST INSTALL THE "kern12G" DISTRIBUTION, AS IT
CONTAINS THE NEW NetBSD 1.2G KERNEL! This step is different
from previous netbsd upgrade procedures, which installed the
kernel from a boot floppy using a special procedure.
@ -117,10 +120,10 @@ To upgrade your system, follow the following instructions:
it is complete, you should use "halt" to halt the system, or
"reboot" to reboot it.
Your system has now been upgraded to NetBSD 1.2.
Your system has now been upgraded to NetBSD 1.2G.
After a new kernel has been copied to your hard disk, your
machine is a complete NetBSD 1.2 system. However, that
machine is a complete NetBSD 1.2G system. However, that
doesn't mean that you're finished with the upgrade process.
There are several things that you should do, or might have to
do, to insure that the system works properly.
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with "fsck -c 2". If you are unsure about the process, it's
suggested that you read the fsck(8) manual page.
Second, you will probably want to get the etc12D distribution,
Second, you will probably want to get the etc12G distribution,
extract it, and compare its contents with those in your /etc/
directory. You will probably want to replace some of your
system configuration files, or incorporate some of the changes

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@ -6,29 +6,27 @@ Installation is supported from several media types, including:
FTP
No matter which installation medium you choose, you'll need to have a
floppy disk (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work). You'll put the
appropriate install or upgrade floppy image onto this disk, depending
on whether you're installing NetBSD for the first time, or upgrading a
previous installation, and on whether you have a machine with only
four megabytes of memory.
floppy disk (either 1.2M or 1.44 will work). You'll put the boot
floppy image (boot-12G.fs) onto this disk, which contains software to
install or upgrade your NetBSD system.
If you are installing for the first time, you want an inst12D.fs or
insts12D.fs floppy image. The second is the "small installation" disk
for four meg machines. If you are upgrading, you want an upgr12D.fs or
an upgrs12D.fs floppy.
[Note: previous versions of NetBSD used several floppy images,
including several kernel/boot floppies depending on hardware
configuration, an install floppy, and an upgrade floppy. NetBSD 1.2G
only requires a single floppy for all tasks and configurations.]
If you are using a UN*X-like system to write the floppy images to
disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system images
(.fs files) directly to the raw floppy disks. It is suggested that
you read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system administrator to
disks, you should use the "dd" command to copy the file system image
(.fs file) directly to the raw floppy disk. It is suggested that you
read the dd(1) manual page or ask your system administrator to
determine the correct set of arguments to use; it will be slightly
different from system to system, and a comprehensive list of the
possibilities is beyond the scope of this document.
If you are using DOS to write the floppy images to disks, you should
If you are using DOS to write the floppy image to disk, you should
use the "rawrite" utility, provided in the "i386/utilities" directory
of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system images (.fs
files) to disks.
of the NetBSD distribution. It will write the file system image (.fs
file) to disks.
Note that, when installing or upgrading, the floppy can be
write-protected if you wish. These systems mount ramdisks as their
@ -91,13 +89,13 @@ following:
In the above example, "<dist_directories>" are the
distribution sets' directories, for the distribution sets you
wish to place on the tape. For instance, to put the
"kern12D", "base12D" and "etc12D" distributions on tape (in
"kern12G", "base12G" and "etc12G" distributions on tape (in
order to do the absolute minimum installation to a new disk),
you would do the following:
cd .../NetBSD-1.2D # the top of the tree
cd .../NetBSD-1.2G # the top of the tree
cd i386/binary
tar cf <tape_device> base12D etc12D kern12D
tar cf <tape_device> base12G etc12G kern12G
(Note that you still need to fill in "<tape_device>" in the
example.)
@ -173,7 +171,7 @@ following:
Place the distribution sets you wish to upgrade somewhere in
your current file system tree. At a bare minimum, you must
upgrade the "base" and "kern" binary distribution, and so must
put the "base12D" and "kern12D" sets somewhere in your file
put the "base12G" and "kern12G" sets somewhere in your file
system. If you wish, you can do the other sets, as well, but
you should NOT upgrade the "etc" distribution; the "etc"
distribution contains system configuration files that you