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2The sun3-specific portion of the NetBSD 1.1 release is found in the
3"sun3" subdirectory of the distribution.  That subdirectory is laid
4out as follows:
5
6.../NetBSD-1.1/sun3/
7			INSTALL.txt	Installation notes; this file.
8
9			install/	Boot programs, a GENERIC kernel,
10					a stand-alone RAMDISK kernel,
11					and a miniroot filesystem image.
12					see below.
13
14			binary/		sun3 binary distribution sets;
15					see below.
16
17			security/	sun3 security distribution;
18					see below.
19
20The NetBSD/sun3 "install" distribution contains files that can be
21used to install NetBSD onto a completely "bare" sun3.  The files
22in the `.../install' directory are described below:
23
24	miniroot.gz	A gzipped copy of the miniroot filesystem.
25			This image is to be un-gzipped and copied
26			into the swap area of a disk.
27
28	netbsd-rd.gz	A gzipped copy of the "RAMDISK kernel"
29			for installing the miniroot filesystem.
30
31	netbsd-gen.gz	A gzipped GENERIC kernel (for upgrade)
32
33	netboot		A copy of the network boot program.
34			This is useful if you are installing
35			a diskless NetBSD/sun3 system.
36
37	tapeboot	A copy of the tape boot program, used
38			as the first segment of a boot tape.
39
40These files can be used to make a boot tape suitable for installing
41NetBSD/sun3.  These files can also be used to configure an NFS server
42to support installation "over the network".  See the section "Getting
43the NetBSD System onto Useful Media" for instructions on either method.
44
45The NetBSD/sun3 binary distribution sets contain the binaries which
46comprise the NetBSD 1.1 release for the sun3.  There are seven binary
47distribution sets, and the "security" distribution set.  The binary
48distribution sets can be found in the "sun3/binary" subdirectory of
49the NetBSD 1.1 distribution tree, and are as follows:
50
51	base11	The NetBSD/sun3 1.1 base binary distribution.  You
52		MUST install this distribution set.  It contains the
53		base NetBSD utilities that are necessary for the
54		system to run and be minimally functional.  It
55		includes shared library support, and excludes
56		everything described below.
57		[ 7.2M gzipped, 19M uncompressed ]
58
59	comp11	The NetBSD/sun3 Compiler tools.  All of the tools
60		relating to C and C++.  This set includes the system
61		include files (/usr/include), the linker, the compiler
62		tool chain, and the various system libraries (except
63		the shared libraries, which are included as part of the
64		base set).  This set also includes the manual pages for
65		all of the utilities it contains, as well as the system
66		call and library manual pages.
67		[ 4.6M gzipped, 14.7M uncompressed ]
68
69	etc11	This distribution set contains the system configuration
70		files that reside in /etc and in several other places.
71		This set MUST be installed if you are installing the
72		system from scratch, but should NOT be used if you are
73		upgrading.  (If you are upgrading, it's recommended that
74		you get a copy of this set and CAREFULLY upgrade your
75		configuration files by hand.)
76		[ 64K gzipped, 348K uncompressed ]
77
78	games11	This set includes the games and their manual pages.
79		[ 2.8M gzipped, 6.8M uncompressed ]
80
81	man11	This set includes all of the manual pages for the
82		binaries and other software contained in the base set.
83		Note that it does not include any of the manual pages
84		that are included in the other sets.
85		[ 850K gzipped, 3.3M uncompressed ]
86
87	misc11	This set includes the system dictionaries (which are
88		rather large), the typesettable document set, and
89		man pages for other architectures which happen to be
90		installed from the source tree by default.
91		[ 1.8M gzipped, 6.5M uncompressed ]
92
93	text11	This set includes NetBSD's text processing tools,
94		including groff, all related programs, and their
95		manual pages.
96		[ 770K gzipped, 2.8M uncompressed ]
97
98The sun3 security distribution set is named "secr11" and can be found
99in the "sun3/security" subdirectory of the NetBSD 1.1 distribution
100tree.  It contains executables which are built in the "src/domestic" portion
101if the NetBSD source tree.  It can only be found on those sites which carry
102the complete NetBSD distribution and that can legally obtain it.  (Remember,
103because of United States law, this distribution set may not be exported to
104locations outside of the United States and Canada.)
105[ 128K gzipped, 275K uncompressed ]
106
107The sun3 binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files.
108Each sun3 binary distribution set also has its own "CKSUMS" file, just
109as the source distribution sets do.
110
111The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
112well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
113method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory.  That
114is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
115replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xvfp"
116from /.  Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
117programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced.  If you
118follow the normal installation or upgrade procedures, this will be
119taken care of for you.
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