$NetBSD: contents,v 1.8 1999/01/25 23:34:23 garbled Exp $ The pmax-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the "pmax" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid out as follows: .../NetBSD-_VER/pmax/ binary/ pmax binary distribution sets and kernel images; see below. installation/ installation materials: disk images of a complete root filesystem, for both network and diskful installation; see below. misc/ miscellaneous binaries including a copy of the sysinst instalation tool. The NetBSD/pmax binary distribution sets contain the binaries which comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the pmax. There are eight binary distribution sets, plus optional X11 sets. The binary distribution sets can be found in the "pmax/binary/sets" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows: base The NetBSD/pmax _VER 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 does NOT include shared library support, and excludes everything described below. [ 11.6M gzipped ] comp The NetBSD/pmax Compiler tools. All of the tools relating to C and C++. This set includes the system include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain, and the various system libraries (except the shared libraries, which are included as part of the base set). This set also includes the manual pages for all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system call and library manual pages. [ 10.9M gzipped ] etc 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 used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.) [ 53K gzipped ] games This set includes the games and their manual pages. [ 3.0M gzipped ] kern This set is a placeholder for bootable kernels. man 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. [ 2.6M gzipped ] misc 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, 8.3M uncompressed ] text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, including groff, all related programs, and their manual pages. [ 1.1M gzipped, 3.7M uncompressed ] The pmax security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found in the "pmax/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER 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 "base" distribution includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function. The security distribution includes a version of the Kerberos IV network security system, and a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program. The "secr" 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, it may not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of the United States and Canada.) At the time of release, the pmax distribution set does not include a security distribution. A binary will be built shortly after the release by a US permanent resident. In the meantime, if you are in the US or Canada and want the security distribution you must get the security source distribution and recompile libcrypt.a and recompile the following programs: ed, ftpd, makekey, rexecd, uucpd, init, lock, login, passwd, skeyinit, su, tn3270, pppd Since NetBSD 1.3, binary sets for the X Window system are also distributed with each NetBSD release. The binaries are based on X11R6.3 and can be installed using the 'sysinst' utility. xbase The basic files needed for a complete X client environment. This does not include the X servers. [ 3.25M gzipped ] xcomp The extra libraries and include files needed to compile X source code. [ 2.1M gzipped, 7.3M uncompressed ] xcontrib Programs that were contributed to X. [ 216 gzipped ] xfont Fonts needed by X. [ 5.8M gzipped, 7M uncompressed ] xserver X servers built from X11R5, supporting the 4.3bsd-derived Xserver/framebuffer protocol used in NetBSD/pmax. See the /usr/X11R6/bin/README.pmax file in this set for more information on conifguring the X11 R5 servers to work with X11R6 clients and with compressed fonts. [ 712k gzipped, 2.4 unzipped ] The pmax binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. Each pmax binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do. The initial installation of NetBSD _VER on a Decstation not already running NetBSD _VER is supported by the following files, which are included in the `./installation' subdirectory: diskimage/diskimage.gz A gzipped copy of a full root filesystem. When unzipped, this is suitable for dd'ing onto a raw disk partition. netboot/diskimage.tar.gz A gzipped copy of a tar file containing the same files as diskimage.gz. When unzipped, this is suitable for setting up an NFS server for diskless boot or installing via netboot. Distribution kernel images (e.g., for installalling on Ultrix) are also available separately in the ./binary/kernel subdirectory: netbsd.aout An a.out-format generic kernel, bootable on an existing NetBSD system. netbsd.ecoff An ECOFF-format kernel, suitable for diskless boot via TFTP or for upgrading from Ultrix. nfsnetbsd.ecoff An minimal ECOFF-format kernel, minimized to boot on bugggy PROMs that cannot boot kernels larger than ~1 Mbyte. The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp" from /.