The mvme68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the "mvme68k" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid out as follows: .../NetBSD-_VER/mvme68k/ INSTALL.txt Installation notes; this file. install/ Boot programs, a VME147 kernel, a stand-alone RAMDISK kernel, and a miniroot filesystem image. see below. binary/ mvme68k binary distribution sets; see below. security/ mvme68k security distribution; see below. .../mvme68k/install/ The NetBSD/mvme68k install distribution contains files that can be used to install NetBSD onto a completely "bare" VME147. The files in the "mvme68k/install" directory are described below: miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. This image is to be un-gzipped and copied into the swap area of a disk. netbsd-rd.gz A gzipped copy of the "RAMDISK kernel" for installing the miniroot filesystem. netbsd.gz A gzipped VME147 kernel (for upgrade) stboot A tape boot-block, in the form required to allow 147-Bug to boot from tape. This is the first segment of a boot tape. bootst A copy of the tape boot program, used as the second segment of a boot tape. sboot A copy of the serial boot program. This is necessary if you don't have a tape drive, but you _do_ have another system which can act as a boot and NFS server. This is also useful if you are installing a diskless NetBSD/mvme68k system. netboot A copy of the network boot program. Used in conjunction with sboot to get your system booted over a network. These files can be used to make a boot tape suitable for installing NetBSD/mvme68k. These files can also be used to configure an NFS server to support installation "over the network". See the section "Getting the NetBSD System onto Useful Media" for instructions on either method. .../mvme68k/binary/ The NetBSD/mvme68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the VME147. There are seven binary distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary distribution sets are as follows: base The NetBSD/mvme68k _VER base binary distribution. You MUST install this distribution set. It contains the base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the system to run and be minimally functional. It includes shared library support, and excludes everything described below. [ 9.2M gzipped, 26.5M uncompressed ] comp The NetBSD/mvme68k Compiler tools. All of the tools relating to C and C++. This set includes the system include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler tool chain, and the various system libraries (except the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 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. [ 6.9M gzipped, 24.1M uncompressed ] etc This distribution set contains the system configuration files that reside in /etc and in several other places. This set MUST be installed if you are installing the system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your configuration files by hand.) [ 53K gzipped, 327K uncompressed ] games This set includes the games and their manual pages. [ 2.9M gzipped, 7.5M uncompressed ] man This set includes all of the manual pages for the binaries and other software contained in the base set. Note that it does not include any of the manual pages that are included in the other sets. [ 2.5K gzipped, 10.3M uncompressed ] misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are rather large), the typesettable document set, and man pages for other architectures which happen to be installed from the source tree by default. [ 2.3M gzipped, 8.7M uncompressed ] text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, including groff, all related programs, and their manual pages. [ 1.0M gzipped, 3.9M uncompressed ] .../mvme68k/security/ The mvme68k security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found in the "mvme68k/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion of the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those sites which carry the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it. (Remember, because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to locations outside of the United States and Canada.) [ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] The mvme68k binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. Each mvme68k binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just as the source distribution sets do. 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 extracted "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 command: tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz from /. Note that the "--unlink" flag is very important! For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file.