diff --git a/distrib/notes/i386/contents b/distrib/notes/i386/contents index 2bac67781db5..323839de7e4a 100644 --- a/distrib/notes/i386/contents +++ b/distrib/notes/i386/contents @@ -19,71 +19,66 @@ out as follows: installation section, below. There are four i386 floppy images to be found in the "i386/floppy" -subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution. Two of them are bootable -kernel-copy floppies, one is an installation floppy, and one is an -upgrade floppy. 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.) +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.) -Bootable Kernel-copy floppies: +Bootable installation floppies: - These disks contain file systems, are bootable, and have - enough utilities on board to copy a new kernel to your hard - disk once you have it partitioned for NetBSD. They make - upgrading to a new kernel easy, because all you have to do is - get a new kernel-copy floppy with a new kernel, boot from it, - and confirm that you want to have the kernel copied to your - disk. + These disks are bootable, and contain the software necessary + to prepare your hard drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD + distribution. - There are two different kernel copy floppy images, - "kcadp12.fs", and "kcoth12.fs". They are identical except - that the kcadp floppy has the drivers for the supported Adaptec SCSI - controllers -- the Adaptec 1520, 1522, 1540, 1542, 1740, 1742, 1744, - and 2940 SCSI host adapters and the AIC6x60 and AIC7870 chips on - motherboards or other brands of SCSI controllers -- and does not - contain the drivers for any other SCSI host adapters, which - are in the kernel on the kcoth floppy. (The kernels on the install - disks are otherwise identical.) + 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. - Please note that because of space considerations the kernel - copy floppies no longer contain drivers that are not needed - during installation -- in particular, no drivers needed to run - the X Window System are available in these kernels. It is - recommended that you configure a custom kernel following - installation. + Because the kernel on the installation disks is not suitable + for use beyond initial installation and configuration, a + "generic" kernel, named "GENERIC.gz", has been placed in the + binaries directory. 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. - For those that cannot configure a custom kernel, two "generic" - kernel images, named "netbsd-adp.gz" and "netbsd-oth.gz", have - been placed in the binaries directory. These are identical - except that "netbsd-adp.gz" contains support for Adaptec SCSI - controllers, but no other SCSI controllers, and - "netbsd-oth.gz" contains support only for SCSI controllers - other than the Adaptec. (These are similar in nature to the - kernels on the kernel copy floppies but with additional device - support.) It is strongly encouraged that you build a custom - kernel for your installation rather than use a prebuilt generic - kernel. - + Please note that because of space considerations the kernels + booted from the installation floppies do not contain drivers + that are not needed during installation -- in particular, no + drivers needed to run the X Window System are available in + these kernels. -Installation floppy: + 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. - This disk contains the software necessary to prepare your hard - drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD distribution. It is - not bootable, and must be used in conjunction with one of the - kernel-copy floppies. This floppy is named "inst-12.fs". +Bootable upgrade floppies: -Upgrade floppy: + 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. - This disk contains the software to be used in upgrading the - system from a previous version of NetBSD. It is not bootable, - and must be used in conjunction with one of the kernel-copy - floppies. This floppy is named "upgr12.fs" The NetBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the i386. There are seven 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: +distribution sets, the "security" distribution set, and a GENERIC +kernel. 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: + + Kernels This set contains a NetBSD/i386 1.2D GENERIC kernel, + named "GENERIC", which must be copied to the hard + drive as /netbsd during installation. + [ .8M gzipped, 1.7M uncompressed ] base12 The NetBSD/i386 1.2 base binary distribution. You MUST install this distribution set. It contains the @@ -133,6 +128,7 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows: manual pages. [ 0.8M gzipped, 2.9M uncompressed ] + 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 @@ -141,8 +137,7 @@ DES encryption program. You do not need this distribution set to use encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base12" distribution includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function. The security distribution also includes a version of the Kerberos IV -network security system, and Kerberized versions of the "telnet" and -"tn3270" programs. +network security system, and a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program. The "secr12" 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