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.\" $NetBSD: contents,v 1.12 2000/08/08 13:13:41 hubertf Exp $
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.ds m \*[MACHINE]
.Ss2 NetBSD/\*m Subdirectory Structure
The \*m-specific portion of the
.Nx \*V
release is found in the
.Pa \*m
subdirectory of the distribution:
.ie \n[_FOR_RELEASE] .Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*m/
.el .Pa Pf \&.../arch/\*m/snapshot/ Ar yyyymmdd/
.Bl -tag -compact -width INSTALL.html
. It Pa INSTALL.html
. It Pa INSTALL.ps
. It Pa INSTALL.txt
. It Pa INSTALL.more
Installation notes; this file. The
.Pa \&.more No file contains underlined text using the
.Xr more 1
conventions for indicating italic and bold display.
. It Pa binary/
. Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
. It Pa sets/
\*m binary distribution sets;
see below.
. It Pa security/
\*m security distribution; see below.
. El
. It Pa installation/
.\" BTW, .Bl ... .El is not allowed unless there is at least one .It.
.
.\"============================================ ALPHA INSTALLATION SUBTREE
.
.Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
. It Pa floppy/
\*m boot and installation floppies; see below.
. It Pa diskimage/
. It Pa tapeimage/
.No \&an image file Pa cdhdtape
is included for the case where the installer is written to
a CD, hard drive, or tape.
This image file is the same for the CD, HD, and tape cases,
.No but a separate Pa tapeimage/
directory exists to hold a copy of the
.Tn README No file and to meet the
.Nx
.Xr release 7
standard.
. It Pa instkernel/
.No contains a Pa netbsd.gz
installation kernel; this is the same installer kernel as in all the
other install
images, but without the various boot program and filesystem wrappers.
It can be netbooted or diskbooted from a previous installation. Note: there is
no need to ungzip this image.
. It Pa misc/
contains
.Pa GENERIC.fs ,
.No a Tn GENERIC
kernel in a bootable filesystem image. This is used in some unusual
installations as described in the next section.
.El
.
.
.El
.
.
.
.Ss2 Bootable installation/upgrade floppies:
.Pp
There are three bootable images in the
.Nx
\*m distribution.
One is for a dual-floppy boot and is split into two separate files.
The other is a single-file image containing the same install kernel,
but intended to be written to a CD, tape, or hard drive. The third
image is a
.Tn GENERIC
kernel intended for production use in unusual cases.
This can be useful at some sites when:
.Bl -bullet
.It
You want to run diskless but SRM bugs prevent the firmware from
netbooting. You can work around this problem by always booting the generic
kernel from the floppy.
.It
SRM doesn't recognize your (hard) disk controller but
.Nx
does. This
happens more frequently than you might think. SRM will usually only boot
from
.Xr ncr 4
or
.Xr isp 4
SCSI devices, and on most platforms will not
boot from an IDE drive.
.Nx
will happily operate
with almost any SCSI root or an IDE root; the solution here is to netboot
a kernel or always boot from floppy.
.El
.
.
.Ss2 Binary Distribution Sets
The
.Nx
\*m
binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
comprise the
.Nx \*V
release for the \*m. There are eight binary distribution
.ie r_pc532 sets.
.el .No sets and the Em security No distribution set.
The binary distribution sets can be found in the
.Pa \*m/binary/sets
subdirectory
of the
.Nx \*V
distribution tree, and are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width mmmmmmmmmmm -compact
.Pp
.It Sy base
The
.Nx \*V
.No \*m Sy base No binary distribution. You
.Em must
install this distribution set. It contains the base
.Nx
utilities that are necessary for the
system to run and be minimally functional. It
includes shared library support, and excludes
everything described below.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 14.5M gzipped, 38.9M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 10.3M gzipped, 28.9M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 13.1M gzipped, 33.5M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 10.3M gzipped, 29.0M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 11.2M gzipped, 28.2M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 10.2M gzipped, 28.9M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 11.1M gzipped, 30.5M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 12.9M gzipped, 40.1M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 10.4M gzipped, 26.2M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 12.8M gzipped, 40.6M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 11.9M gzipped, 33.4M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 10.1M gzipped, 24.8M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 10.2M gzipped, 28.8M uncompressed
.Pp
.It Sy comp
Things needed for compiling programs. This set
includes the system include files
.Pq Pa /usr/include
and the various system libraries (except the shared
libraries, which are included as part of the
.Sy 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.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 11.6M gzipped, 48.7M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 8.3M gzipped, 28.5M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 9.2M gzipped, 30.5M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 8.1M gzipped, 27.2M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 8.7M gzipped, 28.2M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 8.1M gzipped, 26.6M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 8.5M gzipped, 32.3M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 13M gzipped, 50M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 8.3M gzipped, 27.5M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 11.3M gzipped, 48.7M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 9.6M gzipped, 31.8M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 8.1M gzipped, 27.3M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 8.1M gzipped, 27.3M uncompressed
.Pp
.It Sy etc
This distribution set contains the system
configuration files that reside in
.Pa /etc
and in several other places. This set
.Em must
be installed if you are installing the system from scratch, but should
.Em not
be used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading,
it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and
.Em carefully
upgrade your configuration files by hand.)
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 56K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 57K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 57K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 56K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 57K gzipped, 340K uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 57K gzipped, 319K uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 56K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 56K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 56K gzipped, 330K uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 58K gzipped, 340K uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 60K gzipped, 350K uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 60K gzipped, 350K uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 57K gzipped, 340K uncompressed
.Pp
.It Sy games
This set includes the games and their manual pages.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 3M gzipped, 7.4M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 2.8M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 2.9M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 2.8M gzipped, 7M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 2.8M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 2.8M gzipped, 6.9M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 2.8M gzipped, 7M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 2.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 2.9M gzipped, 7.7M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 2.9M gzipped, 7.3M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 2.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 2.8M gzipped, 7M uncompressed
.
.\" garden variety kern set description
.
.if !\n[arm32]:\n[atari]:\n[mac68k]:\n[sun3] \{\
.Pp
.It Sy kern
This set contains a NetBSD/\*m \*V
.Tn GENERIC No kernel, named Pa /netbsd .
.No You Em must
install this distribution set.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 1.3M gzipped, 3M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 894k gzipped, 1.9M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 857k gzipped, 1.8M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 1.5M gzipped, 3M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 846k gzipped, 1.9M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 532k gzipped, 1.1M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 457k gzipped, 910k uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 792k gzipped, 2.1M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 2.9M gzipped, 6.7M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 517k gzipped, 1M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 627k gzipped, 1.4M uncompressed
.\}
.Pp
.It Sy man
This set includes all of the manual pages for the
binaries and other software contained in the
.Sy base
set.
Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
that are included in the other sets.
.br
.\" Contrary to popular belief, these aren't MI yet....
.\" .Em 4.0M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.if r_alpha .Em 4M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 4.2M gzipped, 17M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 4M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 4M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 4M gzipped, 16.2M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 3.8M gzipped, 15.2M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 3.9M gzipped, 15.6M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 4.1M gzipped, 16.8M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 4M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 4M gzipped, 16.0M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 4.2M gzipped, 17.2M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 4M gzipped, 15.9M uncompressed
.Pp
.It Sy misc
This set includes the (rather large) system dictionaries,
the typesettable document set, and other files from
.Pa /usr/share .
.br
.\" Contrary to popular belief, these aren't (quite!) MI yet....
.\" .Em 2.1M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_alpha .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 2.1M gzipped, 8.1M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 2.1M gzipped, 8.1M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 2.2M gzipped, 8.4M uncompressed
.Pp
.It Sy text
This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
including
.Xr groff 1 ,
all related programs, and their manual pages.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.9M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.6M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.6M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.5M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.4M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 1M gzipped, 4M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 1.2M gzipped, 4.4M uncompressed
.if r_next68k .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.5M uncompressed
.if r_pc532 .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.4M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 1.3M gzipped, 5.1M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 1.4M gzipped, 4.8M uncompressed
.if r_vax .Em 1.2M gzipped, 4.3M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 1.3M gzipped, 4.5M uncompressed
.El
.
.
.Pp
.Nx
maintains its own set of sources for the X Window System in order to
assure tight integration and compatibility.
These sources are based on XFree86, and tightly track XFree86 releases.
They are currently equivalent to XFree86 3.3.6.
Binary sets for the X Window system are distributed with
.Nx .
The sets are:
.Bl -tag -width xcontribmmm
.It Sy xbase
The basic files needed for a complete X
client environment. This does not include
the X servers.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 3.4M gzipped 12.9M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 2.4M gzipped 7.7M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 2.9M gzipped 8.6M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 2.5M gzipped 7.9M uncompressed
.if r_hp300 .Em 2.5M gzipped, 7.6M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 2.6M gzipped, 7.8M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 2.4M gzipped, 7.7M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 2.8M gzipped, 8.3M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 3.1M gzipped, 11M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 2.7M gzipped, 8.6M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 2.4M gzippeed, 7.7M uncompressed
.It Sy xcomp
The extra libraries and include files needed to compile X source code.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 2.4M gzipped, 13.1M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 1.6M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 1.9M gzipped, 7.7M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 1.6M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_hp300 .Em 1.7M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 1.7M gzipped, 7M uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 1.6M gzipped, 6.4M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 1.9M gzipped, 8.2M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 2.1M gzipped, 9.8M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 1.7M gzipped, 7.4M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 1.6M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.It Sy xcontrib
Programs that were contributed to X.
.br
.if r_alpha .Em 228k gzipped, 820k uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 179k gzipped, 670k uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 202k gzipped, 660k uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 179k gzipped, 670k uncompressed
.if r_hp300 .Em 183k gzipped, 686k uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 184k gzipped, 600k uncompressed
.if r_mac68k .Em 178k gzipped, 664k uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 188k gzipped, 580k uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 206k gzipped, 770k uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 205k gzipped, 750k uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 179k gzipped, 670k uncompressed
.It Sy xfont
Fonts needed by X.
.br
.\" Contrary to popular belief, these aren't MI yet....
.\" .Em 5.5M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_alpha .Em 5.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed
.if r_amiga .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.if r_arm32 .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.if r_atari .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.if r_i386 .Em 5.9M gzipped, 7.1M uncompressed
.if r_macppc .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.if r_pmax .Em 5.5M gzipped, 6.7M uncompressed
.if r_sparc .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.if r_x68k .Em 5.7M gzipped, 7.0M uncompressed
.
.El
.
.\"============================ MI DISCUSSION OF BINARY SETS
.
.Pp
The \*m binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
named with the extension
.Sy .tgz , No e.g.
.Pa base.tgz .
.
.
.\" contrary to most old INSTALL docs, only i386 has Split/ sets
.
.
.Pp
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 /-relative and
therefore are extracted
.Em 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
.Ic tar xfp
command from /.