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This file attempts to describe what you're seeing here. Here is a typical
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distribution tree:
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HARDWARE.TXT bin dict manpages tools
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INSTALL.TXT compat1x des doc packages
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README.TXT compat20 floppies ports
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RELNOTES.TXT compat21 games proflibs
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XF8632 info src
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The *.TXT files are, obviously, documentation. The XF8632 directory contains
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the XFree86 project's 3.2 release and consists of a series of gzip'd tar
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files which contain each component of the XFree86 distribution.
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The compat1x, compat20 and compat21 directories contain compatibility
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distributions for older releases and are also distributed as single gzip'd
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tar files - they can be installed during release time or later by running
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their `install.sh' scripts.
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The bin, dict, des, doc, games, info, manpages, proflibs and src directories
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contain the primary distribution components of FreeBSD itself and are split
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into smaller files for ease of distribution on floppy (should such be
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necessary). A typical distribution (we'll use the info distribution
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as an example) looks like this:
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CHECKSUM.MD5 info.ab info.ad info.inf install.sh
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info.aa info.ac info.ae info.mtree
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The CHECKSUM.MD5 file contains MD5 signatures for each file, should
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data corruption be suspected, and is purely for reference - it is not
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used by the actual installation. The info.a* files are split, gzip'd
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tar files, the contents of which could be viewed by doing:
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cat info.a* | tar tvzf -
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They are automatically concatenated and extracted during the installation
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procedure, assuming that the info distribution was selected in the
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distributions menu.
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The info.inf file is also a necessary component and is read by the
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installation program in order to figure out how many pieces to look for
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when fetching and concatenating the distribution. When putting a distribution
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onto floppies, this file must occupy the first floppy of the set.
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The info.mtree file is another non-essential file which is provided purely
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for user reference. It contains the MD5 signatures of the *unpacked*
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distribution and can be used later as fodder for the mtree(1) program
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in verifying the permissions and checksums of the distribution against
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whatever is installed on your system. When used with the bin distribution,
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this can be an excellent way of detecting trojan horse attacks on your
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system.
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Finally, the install.sh file is for use by those who'd like to install the
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distribution *after* installation time, e.g. some time after the system
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is already installed and working. To install the info distribution from
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CDROM after your system was installed, for example, you'd do:
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cd /cdrom/info
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sh install.sh
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And that's all there is to it! This also works for the other distributions,
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including the compat* ones.
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The floppies subdirectory contains the floppy installation images.
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The floppies/README.TXT file should be referred to for more information
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about them.
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The packages and ports directories contain the FreeBSD packages and
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ports collections, respectively. The packages may be installed using
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the package menu in /stand/sysinstall (the utility which runs when you
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first install FreeBSD) or individually with the pkg_add(1) command.
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The ports tree should be copied to your hard disk or linked to with
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the lndir command, which comes with the XFree86 distribution. More
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information on it can be obtained from http://www.freebsd.org/ports
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or locally from file:/usr/share/doc/handbook if you've installed
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the doc distribution.
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Last of all, the tools directory contains various DOS tools for
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discovering disk geometries, installing boot managers and the like.
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It is purely optional and provided merely for user convenience.
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Jordan
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