update a bit for 1.2
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary
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distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "sparc/binary"
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subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution tree, and are as follows:
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base11 The NetBSD/sparc RELEASE base binary distribution. You
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base12 The NetBSD/sparc RELEASE base binary distribution. You
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MUST install this distribution set. It contains the
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base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
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system to run and be minimally functional. It
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution tree, and are as follows:
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everything described below.
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[ 8.0M gzipped, 24.4M uncompressed ]
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comp11 The NetBSD/sparc Compiler tools. All of the tools
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comp12 The NetBSD/sparc Compiler tools. All of the tools
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relating to C, C++, and FORTRAN (yes, there are two!).
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This set includes the system include files
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(/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain,
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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution tree, and are as follows:
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call and library manual pages.
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[ 5.4M gzipped, 17.6M uncompressed ]
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etc11 This distribution set contains the system
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etc12 This distribution set contains the system
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configuration files that reside in /etc and in several
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other places. This set MUST be installed if you are
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installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be
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@ -46,27 +46,27 @@ subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution tree, and are as follows:
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CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
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[ 62K gzipped, 338K uncompressed ]
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games11 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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games12 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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[ 2.9M gzipped, 7.4M uncompressed ]
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man11 This set includes all of the manual pages for the
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man12 This set includes all of the manual pages for the
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binaries and other software contained in the base set.
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Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
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that are included in the other sets.
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[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.3M uncompressed ]
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misc11 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
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misc12 This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
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rather large), the typesettable document set, and
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man pages for other architectures which happen to be
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installed from the source tree by default.
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[ 1.9M gzipped, 6.6M uncompressed ]
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text11 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
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text12 This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
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including groff, all related programs, and their
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manual pages.
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[ 0.8M gzipped, 3.1M uncompressed ]
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The sparc security distribution set is named "secr11" and can be found
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The sparc security distribution set is named "secr12" and can be found
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in the "sparc/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD RELEASE distribution
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tree. It contains crypt.c (the source file for the DES encryption
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algorithm) and the binaries which depend on it. It can only be found
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- sun4c (e.g. the SS1, SS1+, SS2, IPC, ELC, IPX, and SLC)
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- sun4 (e.g. the 4/100, 4/200, and 4/300. note that support
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for the 4/400 processor is incomplete)
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- sun4m (e.g. sparc classic, 4, 5, 10, and 20)
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NetBSD/sparc RELEASE does *not* run on these machines (yet):
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- sun-4/400 (lacking support for the I/O cache, and has
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ethernet problems)
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- sun4m (e.g. sparc classic, 4, 5, 10, and 20)
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- sun4m (with hypersparc, 10, 20; multiprocessor support)
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- sun4d (e.g. sparc center 2000)
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- sun4u (e.g. ultra1/ultra2/ultra server)
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Work on porting NetBSD/sparc to the sun4m platform is currently in
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progress, but was not ready in time for the 1.1 release.
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Work is being on for the sun4m hypersparc processors.
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The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and ~60M of disk space.
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To install the entire system requires much more disk space, and to run
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Hardware the we do NOT currently support, but get many questions
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about:
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sun4m, including multiprocessor machines
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sun4m's with hypersparc or more than one cpu.
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interrupt driven SCSI driver for sun-4/100's and sun-4/200's
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The next release will hopefully run on many more machines. In
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particular, some Sun4m support will be there.
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The next release will hopefully run on many more machines.
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@ -29,26 +29,16 @@ boot program, which should be located in a place where the TFTP daemon
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can find it (remember, many TFTP daemons run in a chroot'ed environment).
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You can find the boot program in `/usr/mdec/boot' in the NetBSD/sparc
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distribution. Unfortunately, it is necessary to install this file
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differently for sun4 and sun4c clients: the sun4 version needs to have its
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`a.out' header stripped off (otherwise the machine will crash), while the
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sun4c version must retain it (otherwise the PROM will complain).
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differently for sun4 and sun4c/sun4m clients: the sun4 version needs to
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have its `a.out' header stripped off (otherwise the machine will crash),
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while the sun4c/sun4m version must retain it (otherwise the PROM will
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complain).
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Here's an example to illustrate this whole mess:
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Luckily, there is a script in /usr/mdec to do all this for you. You only
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need to do this:
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server# cd /<client-root-dir>/usr/mdec
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if client is a sun4:
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server# set SKIP=1
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server# set KARCH=SUN4
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else
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server# set SKIP=0
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server# set KARCH=SUN4C
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server# dd if=boot of=/tftpboot/boot.sparc.netbsd.$KARCH skip=$SKIP bs=32
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server# cd /tftpboot
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server# ln -s boot.sparc.netbsd.$KARCH 8273900B.$KARCH
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Note: some versions of Openboot ROMs (sun4c) seem to require that the
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boot program size is nicely rounded. Therefore it may be necessary to
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strip(8) off the symbol table.
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server# ./binstall net /<client-root-dir>
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As noted above in the section `Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation',
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gtar (GNU tar) SunOS binary
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the "install.sh" script
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a "/boot" file from a SunOS machine that matches your machine type
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(e.g. sun or sun4c)
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(e.g. sun4 for sun4 server, sun4c and sun4m for these)
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a kernel, most likely "/netbsd"
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All these pieces, except "/boot", are supplied in the NetBSD/sparc
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distribution.
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You need to format and partition the disk using SunOS (since
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You can format and partition the disk using SunOS (since
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NetBSD/sparc uses SunOS disk labels.) Give yourself adequate
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partition sizes. Here is an example layout:
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To upgrade to NetBSD 1.1 from a previous version follow the instructions
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To upgrade to NetBSD ${VERSION} from a previous version follow the instructions
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in the section "Installing NetBSD", but run the script `upgrade.sh'
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in stead of `install.sh'.
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NetBSD RELEASE is the second release for the sparc. Many more sparc
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models and devices are now supported.
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In addition to the SunOS 4.1 compatibility present in NetBSD/sparc 1.0,
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In addition to the SunOS 4.1 compatibility introduced in NetBSD/sparc 1.0,
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version RELEASE will also run some number of SunOS 5 (SVR4) executables
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in binary emulation mode.
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