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The i386-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER 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-_VER/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 an i386 floppy image named "boot-12G.fs" in the "i386/floppy"
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subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution. It is bootable. This
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floppy is used both for installations and for upgrades. It is
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described in more detail below. There is also a gzipped version of
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this floppy named "boot-12G.fs.gz" available, for easier downloading.
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Bootable installation/upgrade floppy:
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This disk is bootable, and contains the software necessary
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to prepare your hard drive for NetBSD and install the NetBSD
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distribution, or to upgrading an already installed
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system from a previous version of NetBSD.
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Unlike previous NetBSD releases, there are no separate "kernel
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copy" floppies or "upgrade" floppies. Instead, the install
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floppy contains only a special compressed kernel with a built
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in ramdisk image of the installation/upgrade file
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system. There is also no longer any need to use a different
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boot floppy for Adaptec and Buslogic based systems.
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Because the kernel on the installation disk 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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"kern12G". This kernel is intended to run your system while
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you 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 because of space considerations the kernels
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booted from the installation floppies do not contain drivers
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that are not needed during installation -- in particular, no
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drivers needed to run the X Window System are available in
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these kernels.
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[NOTE: In this snapshot, the "boot-12G.fs" floppy lacks a copy
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of the driver for the Western Digital WD7000 SCSI
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controller. This is to permit the system to successfully boot
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on machines with four megabytes of memory. The wds driver,
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unfortunately, has a design defect that makes it take up very
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large amounts of statically allocated memory. This defect is
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being fixed in the near future and the driver will be on the
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NetBSD/i386 1.3 boot floppy. For the moment, if you are a
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Western Digital user, please either custom build a boot floppy
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for yourself, ask someone to build one for you, or wait for
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another snapshot.]
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The NetBSD/i386 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
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comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the i386. 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 subdirectories of the "i386/binary"
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subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows:
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base12G The NetBSD/i386 _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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[ 7.5M gzipped, 19.5M uncompressed ]
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comp12G 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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etc12G 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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games12G This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed ]
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kern12G This set contains a NetBSD/i386 _VER GENERIC kernel,
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named "/netbsd". You MUST install this distribution
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set.
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[ .8M gzipped, 1.7M uncompressed ]
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man12G 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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misc12G 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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text12G 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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IMPORTANT: In previous versions of NetBSD, the kernel from the install
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floppy was copied onto the hard drive in a special step. In the new
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install system, the kernel on the floppy is unsuited to being copied
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onto the hard drive. Instead, a new set, "kern", has been added which
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contains a generic kernel to be unloaded onto the drive. It must be
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extracted in order to have a minimally functioning system.
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The i386 security distribution set is named "secr12G" and can be found
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in the "i386/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution
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tree. It contains security related binaries which depend on
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cryptographic source code. You do not need this distribution set to use
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encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base12G" distribution
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includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption function.
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The security distribution includes a version of the Kerberos IV
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network security system, and a Kerberized version of the "telnet" program.
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The "secr12G" 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, it may not be legal to distribute
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this set 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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