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The i386-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.2 release is found in the
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"i386" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid
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out as follows:
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.../NetBSD-1.2/i386/
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INSTALL Installation notes; this file.
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binary/ i386 binary distribution sets;
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see below.
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floppies/ i386 boot and installation
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floppies; see below.
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security/ i386 security distribution;
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see below;
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utils/ Miscellaneous i386
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installation utilities; see
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installation section, below.
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There are four i386 floppy images to be found in the "i386/floppy"
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subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution. Two of them are bootable
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kernel-copy floppies, one is an installation floppy, and one is an
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upgrade floppy. They are all described in more detail below. There
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are gzipped versions of each available, for easier downloading. (The
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gzipped versions have the ".gz" extension added to their names.)
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Bootable Kernel-copy floppies:
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These disks contain file systems, are bootable, and have
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enough utilities on board to copy a new kernel to your hard
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disk once you have it partitioned for NetBSD. They make
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upgrading to a new kernel easy, because all you have to do is
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get a new kernel-copy floppy with a new kernel, boot from it,
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and confirm that you want to have the kernel copied to your
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disk.
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There are two different kernel copy floppy images,
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"kcadp12.fs", and "kcoth12.fs". They are identical except
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that the kcadp floppy has the drivers for the supported Adaptec SCSI
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controllers -- the Adaptec 1520, 1522, 1540, 1542, 1740, 1742, 1744,
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and 2940 SCSI host adapters and the AIC6x60 and AIC7870 chips on
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motherboards or other brands of SCSI controllers -- and does not
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contain the drivers for any other SCSI host adapters, which
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are in the kernel on the kcoth floppy. (The kernels on the install
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disks are otherwise identical.)
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Please note that because of space considerations the kernel
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copy floppies no longer contain drivers that are not needed
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during installation -- in particular, no drivers needed to run
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the X Window System are available in these kernels. It is
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recommended that you configure a custom kernel following
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installation.
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For those that cannot configure a custom kernel, two "generic"
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kernel images, named "netbsd-adp.gz" and "netbsd-oth.gz", have
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been placed in the binaries directory. These are identical
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except that "netbsd-adp.gz" contains support for Adaptec SCSI
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controllers, but no other SCSI controllers, and
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"netbsd-oth.gz" contains support only for SCSI controllers
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other than the Adaptec. (These are similar in nature to the
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kernels on the kernel copy floppies but with additional device
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support.) It is strongly encouraged that you build a custom
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kernel for your installation rather than use a prebuilt generic
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kernel.
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Installation floppy:
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This disk contains the software necessary to prepare your hard
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drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD distribution. It is
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not bootable, and must be used in conjunction with one of the
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kernel-copy floppies. This floppy is named "inst-12.fs".
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Upgrade floppy:
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This disk contains the software to be used in upgrading the
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system from a previous version of NetBSD. It is not bootable,
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and must be used in conjunction with one of the kernel-copy
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floppies. This floppy is named "upgr12.fs"
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The NetBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
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comprise the NetBSD 1.2 release for the i386. There are seven binary
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distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary
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distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the "i386/binary"
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subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 distribution tree, and are as follows:
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base12 The NetBSD/i386 1.2 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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includes shared library support, and excludes
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everything described below.
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[ 7.5M gzipped, 19.5M uncompressed ]
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comp12 The NetBSD/i386 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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and the various system libraries (except the shared
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libraries, which are included as part of the base
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set). This set also includes the manual pages for all
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of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
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call and library manual pages.
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[ 4.9M gzipped, 15.0M uncompressed ]
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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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used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading,
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it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
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CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
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[ 63K gzipped, 338K uncompressed ]
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games12 This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed ]
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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, 3.4M uncompressed ]
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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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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, 2.9M uncompressed ]
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The i386 security distribution set is named "secr12" and can be found
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in the "i386/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.2 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, as well as the "bdes"
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DES encryption program. You do not need this distribution set to use
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encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base12" distribution
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includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function.
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The security distribution also includes a version of the Kerberos IV
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network security system, and Kerberized versions of the "telnet" and
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"tn3270" programs.
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The "secr12" distribution set can be found only on those sites which
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carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can legally obtain it.
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(Remember, because of United States law, this distribution set may not be
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exported to locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
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[ 154K gzipped, 358K uncompressed ]
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The i386 binary distribution sets are distributed in the same form as
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the source distribution sets; catted together, the members of a set
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form a gzipped tar file. Each i386 binary distribution set also has
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its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do.
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The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
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well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
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method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That
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is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
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replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp"
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from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
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programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced. If you
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follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
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taken care of for you.
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