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$NetBSD: contents,v 1.5 1998/05/15 03:28:55 ross Exp $
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The alpha-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the
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"alpha" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid
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out as follows:
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.../NetBSD-_VER/alpha/
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INSTALL Installation notes; this file.
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binary/
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sets/ alpha binary distribution sets;
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see below.
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security/ alpha security distribution;
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see below.
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kernel/ alpha kernels; see below.
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installation/
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floppy/ alpha boot and installation
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floppies; see below.
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source/ Toolchain source code; see below.
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Bootable installation/upgrade floppies:
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There is a bootable floppy disk image available which contains
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the software necessary to prepare your hard drive for NetBSD
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and install the NetBSD distribution, or to upgrading an already
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installed system from a previous version of NetBSD.
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Because the kernel on the installation disks is not suitable
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for use beyond initial installation and configuration, a
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"generic" kernel has been placed in a distribution set named
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"kern". This kernel is intended to run your system while you
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build a custom kernel. It is strongly encouraged that you
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build a custom kernel for your installation rather than use
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the prebuilt generic kernel on a long term basis.
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Please note that the INSTALL kernel (which is booted from
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the install floppy or the network) is not usable for anything
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other than installing; it will always use as root an internal
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ramdisk with the install tools. Also, currently the INSTALL
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image only supports systems that are likely to have a floppy
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drive (the NoName, EB64+, EB164, AS500/600; the DECStation
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3000 systems and the 8200/8400 are not supported by this
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floppy). If booting the INSTALL kernel from the network
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proves popular, we will generate another network version
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of the INSTALL kernel that supports more systems.
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The alpha toolchain:
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The toolchain (compiler, assembler, linker, etc.) for the
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alpha port is not yet integrated into the main NetBSD source
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tree, so the sources for it are distributed separately. This
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source code should be unpacked into /usr/local/toolchain.
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Unlink some previous distributions, in this release the toolchain
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binaries are not distributed in a toolchain set intended to be
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installed into /usr/local, but this time are installed into /usr/bin
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and are distributed in the standard comp.tgz binary distribution set
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as with other NetBSD platforms.
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The NetBSD/alpha binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
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comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the alpha. There are eight binary
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distribution sets and the "security" distribution set. The binary
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distribution sets can be found in the "alpha/binary/sets" subdirectory
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of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows:
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base The NetBSD/alpha _VER 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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[ 13M gzipped, 41M uncompressed ]
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comp
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Things needed for compiling programs. This set
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includes the system include files (/usr/include)
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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
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all of the utilities it contains, as well as the
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system call and library manual pages.
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[ 6M gzipped, 31M uncompressed ]
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etc 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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[ 50K gzipped, 320K uncompressed ]
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games This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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[ 3M gzipped, 8M uncompressed ]
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kern This set contains a NetBSD/alpha _VER GENERIC kernel,
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named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution
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set.
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[ 1M gzipped, 2M uncompressed ]
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man 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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[ 2.5M gzipped, 10M uncompressed ]
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misc 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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[ 2M gzipped, 9M uncompressed ]
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text 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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[ 1M gzipped, 4M uncompressed ]
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The alpha security distribution set is named "secr" and can be
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found in the "alpha/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD
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_VER distribution tree. It contains security related binaries
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which depend on cryptographic source code. You do not need this
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distribution set to use encrypted passwords in your password file;
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the "base" distribution includes a crypt library which can perform
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only the one-way encryption function. The security distribution
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includes a version of the Kerberos IV network security system, and
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a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program. The "secr" distribution
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set can be found only on those sites which carry the complete NetBSD
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distribution and which can legally obtain it. (Remember, because
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of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set
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to locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
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[ 1M gzipped, 3M uncompressed ]
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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 unless
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you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option. If you follow the normal
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installation or upgrade procedures, this will be taken care of for
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you.
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