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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/
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sets/ i386 binary distribution sets;
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see below.
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Split/ Split i386 binary distribution
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sets; see below.
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security/ i386 security distribution;
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see below;
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installation/
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floppy/ i386 boot and installation
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floppies; see below.
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misc/ Miscellaneous i386
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installation utilities; see
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installation section, below.
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There are two i386 floppy images, named "boot.fs" and "boot-small.fs",
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in the "i386/installation/floppy" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER
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distribution. These are 1.44M and 1.2M floppy disk images
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(respectively). These floppies are bootable, and are used both for
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installations and for upgrades. They are described in more detail
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below. There are also gzipped version of these floppies (named with
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".fs.gz") available.
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Bootable installation/upgrade floppies:
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These disks are 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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The only difference between the "boot.fs" and "boot-small.fs"
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floppies is that the 1.2M "boot-small.fs" image does not
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contain support for PCMCIA or PCI devices so that it can be
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fit on a 1.2M floppy suitable for use on older systems.
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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
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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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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 the "i386/binary/sets" subdirectory
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of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree, and are as follows:
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base 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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[ 9.7M gzipped, 25.0M uncompressed ]
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comp 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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[ 7.1M gzipped, 24.1M 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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[ 53K gzipped, 328K uncompressed ]
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games This set includes the games and their manual pages.
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[ 3.0M gzipped, 7.3M uncompressed ]
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kern 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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[ 1.1M gzipped, 2.2M 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, 10.6M 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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[ 2.2M gzipped, 8.3M 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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[ 1.0M gzipped, 3.7M 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 "secr" and can be found in
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the "i386/binary/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER
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distribution tree. It contains security related binaries which depend
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on cryptographic source code. You do not need this distribution set to
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use encrypted passwords in your password file; the "base" distribution
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includes a crypt library which can perform only the decryption
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function. The security distribution includes a version of the
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Kerberos IV network security system, and a Kerberized version of the
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"telnet" program. The "secr" distribution set can be found only on
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those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and which can
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legally obtain it. (Remember, because of United States law, it may
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not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of the United
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States and Canada.)
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[ 798K gzipped, 2.4M uncompressed ]
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The i386 binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
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named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz". They are also
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available in split form -- catted together, the members of a split set
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form a gzipped tar file. Each i386 binary distribution set also has
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its own checksum files, 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 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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