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1The mvme68k-specific portion of the NetBSD _VER release is found in the 2"mvme68k" subdirectory of the distribution. That subdirectory is laid 3out as follows: 4 5.../NetBSD-_VER/mvme68k/ 6 INSTALL Installation notes; this file. 7 8 installation/ Boot programs, a stand-alone 9 RAMDISK kernel, and a miniroot 10 filesystem image. see below. 11 12 binary/ mvme68k binary distribution sets; 13 see below. 14 15 security/ mvme68k security distribution; 16 see below. 17 18.../mvme68k/installation/ 19 miniroot/ The miniroot filesystem image. 20 21 netboot/ Two programs needed to boot a 22 VME147 kernel over the network. 23 24 tapeimage/ Tape boot programs, and a RAMDISK 25 kernel. 26 27The NetBSD/mvme68k install distribution contains files that can be 28used to install NetBSD onto a completely "bare" VME147. The files 29in the "mvme68k/installation/*" directories are described below: 30 31 miniroot.gz A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem. 32 This image is to be un-gzipped and copied 33 into the swap area of a disk. 34 35 netbsd-rd.gz A gzipped copy of the "RAMDISK kernel" 36 for installing the miniroot filesystem. 37 38 stboot A tape boot-block, in the form required to 39 allow 147-Bug to boot from tape. This is the 40 first segment of a boot tape. 41 42 bootst A copy of the tape boot program, used 43 as the second segment of a boot tape. 44 45 sboot A copy of the serial boot program. This is 46 necessary if you don't have a tape drive, 47 but you _do_ have another system which can 48 act as a boot and NFS server. This is also 49 useful if you are installing a diskless 50 NetBSD/mvme68k system. 51 52 netboot A copy of the network boot program. Used 53 in conjunction with sboot to get your system 54 booted over a network. 55 56These files can be used to make a boot tape suitable for installing 57NetBSD/mvme68k. These files can also be used to configure an NFS server 58to support installation "over the network". See the section "Getting 59the NetBSD System onto Useful Media" for instructions on either method. 60 61.../mvme68k/binary/sets 62 63The NetBSD/mvme68k binary distribution sets contain the binaries which 64comprise the NetBSD _VER release for the VME147. There are seven binary 65distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set. The binary 66distribution sets are as follows: 67 68 base The NetBSD/mvme68k _VER base binary distribution. You 69 MUST install this distribution set. It contains the 70 base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the 71 system to run and be minimally functional. It includes 72 shared library support, and excludes everything 73 described below. 74 [ 9.2M gzipped, 26.5M uncompressed ] 75 76 comp The NetBSD/mvme68k Compiler tools. All of the tools 77 relating to C and C++. This set includes the system 78 include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler 79 tool chain, and the various system libraries (except 80 the shared libraries, which are included as part of the 81 base set). This set also includes the manual pages for 82 all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system 83 call and library manual pages. 84 [ 6.9M gzipped, 24.1M uncompressed ] 85 86 etc This distribution set contains the system configuration 87 files that reside in /etc and in several other places. 88 This set MUST be installed if you are installing the 89 system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are 90 upgrading. (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that 91 you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your 92 configuration files by hand.) 93 [ 53K gzipped, 327K uncompressed ] 94 95 games This set includes the games and their manual pages. 96 [ 2.9M gzipped, 7.5M uncompressed ] 97 98 man This set includes all of the manual pages for the 99 binaries and other software contained in the base set. 100 Note that it does not include any of the manual pages 101 that are included in the other sets. 102 [ 2.5K gzipped, 10.3M uncompressed ] 103 104 misc This set includes the system dictionaries (which are 105 rather large), the typesettable document set, and 106 man pages for other architectures which happen to be 107 installed from the source tree by default. 108 [ 2.3M gzipped, 8.7M uncompressed ] 109 110 text This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools, 111 including groff, all related programs, and their 112 manual pages. 113 [ 1.0M gzipped, 3.9M uncompressed ] 114 115.../mvme68k/security/ 116 117The mvme68k security distribution set is named "secr" and can be found 118in the "mvme68k/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD _VER distribution 119tree. It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion 120of the NetBSD source tree. It can only be found on those sites which carry 121the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it. (Remember, 122because of United States law, it may not be legal to distribute this set to 123locations outside of the United States and Canada.) 124[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ] 125 126.../mvme68k/kernel/ 127 128The mvme68k kernel directory contains a gzip'ed VME147 specific kernel 129image. This should be used when upgrading from a previous version of 130NetBSD. Before starting the upgrade, you should unzip and copy this 131kernel in place of your existing /netbsd image, then reboot. 132 133The mvme68k binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files. 134Each mvme68k binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just 135as the source distribution sets do. 136 137The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally 138well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that 139method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That 140is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e. 141replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the command: 142 143 tar --unlink -zxvpf set.tar.gz 144 145from /. Note that the "--unlink" flag is very important! 146 147For best results, it is recommended that you follow the installation 148and/or upgrade procedures documented in this file. 149