1. Sync ABOUT.TXT changes.
2. Go back to using a filesystem on the boot floppy; the rawboot boot blocks were just too non-functional for other things.
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This file attempts to describe what you are seeing here. Here is a typical
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distribution tree:
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o About FreeBSD:
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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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What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite
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for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen "x86" based PC hardware. It works
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with a very wide variety of PC peripherals and configurations and can
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be used for everything from software development to Internet Service
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Provision.
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The *.TXT files obviously contain documentation (README.TXT being a good
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start). The XF8632 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.2 release
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and consists of a series of gzip'd tar files which contain each component
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This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run such a
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system, including full source code for everything. With the source
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distribution installed you can literally recompile the entire system
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from scratch with one command, making it ideal for students,
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researchers or folks who simply want to see how it all works.
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A large collection of 3rd party ported software (the "ports
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collection") is also provided to make it easier for you to obtain and
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install all your favorite traditional UNIX utilities for FreeBSD.
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Over 750 ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical
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applications, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive operating
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environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many commercial
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versions of UNIX.
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For more documentation on this system it is recommended that you
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purchase the 4.4BSD Document Set from O'Reilly Associates and the
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USENIX Association, ISBN 1-56592-082-1. We have no connection with
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O'Reilly, we're just satisfied customers!
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If you're new to FreeBSD then you should also read EVERYTHING listed
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in the Documentation menu on the boot floppy. It may seem like a lot
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to read, but you should at least acquaint yourself with the types of
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information available should you later get stuck. Once the system is
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installed, you can also revisit this menu and use a WEB browser to
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read the installed FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and Handbook HTML
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documentation sets for FreeBSD. You can also use the browser to visit
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other WEB sites on the net (such as http://www.freebsd.org) if you
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have an Internet connection.
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DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against
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accidental loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT
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YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation! Please do not proceed to the
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final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any
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important data first! We really mean it!
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o E-mail addresses and tech support info:
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For general questions, please send email to :
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questions@FreeBSD.org
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Please also have patience if your questions are not answered right
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away - this mailing list is staffed purely by volunteers and they also
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have real life schedules to contend with. Questions which are asked
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intelligently (e.g. not "My system doesn't work! What's wrong!?")
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also stand a far greater chance of being answered. If your question
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does not contain enough information to allow the responder to generate
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a meaningful answer, they generally won't.
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Bug reports submitted with the send-pr command are also logged and
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tracked in our bugs database, and you'll be kept informed of any
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changes in status during the life of the bug (or feature request).
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Technical comments on this release should be sent (in English!) to:
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hackers@FreeBSD.org
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Bug reports should be sent using the `send-pr' command or the Web page
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at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. If you cannot use either of
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these two methods, you may also send mail to:
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bugs@FreeBSD.org
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PLEASE ALSO BE SURE TO INDICATE WHICH VERSION OF FREEBSD YOU'RE
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RUNNING IN ANY BUG REPORTS OR QUESTIONS!
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Sorry for the caps, but you'd be amazed at how many times people
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forget this and there are many different release versions of FreeBSD
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out there now. It's imperative that we know what you're running so
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that we tell if you're suffering from a bug which has already been
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fixed.
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The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its
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being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package
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to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that
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contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxiliary packages
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provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the
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U.S.) exportable distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also
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exists at ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD.
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If password security for FreeBSD is all you need and you have no
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requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts
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(Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then
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FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our
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default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any
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messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside)
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the U.S., give it a try! This snapshot also includes support for
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mixed password files - either DES or MD5 passwords will be accepted,
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making it easier to transition from one scheme to the other.
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o WWW Resources:
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Our WEB site, http://www.freebsd.org, is also a very good source for
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updated information and provides a number of advanced documentation
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searching facilities. If you wish to use Netscape as your browser,
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you may install the BSDI version from ftp://ftp.mcom.com or simply
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type:
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# cd /usr/ports/www/netscape3
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# make all install
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If you have the Ports collection installed on your machine (usually on
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the 2nd CDROM of a CDROM release).
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Several other non-commercial browsers are also available in
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/usr/ports/net and may be compiled and installed in the same fashion.
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Many are also available as pre-compiled packages - see the Packages
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entry in the Configuration menu for more details.
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The Handbook and FAQ are also available as on-line documents in
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/usr/share/doc and can be read using the ``file:/usr/share/doc''
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syntax in any HTML capable browser.
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o Distributions:
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A typical FreeBSD distribution directory looks like this:
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ABOUT.TXT bin dict manpages tools
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HARDWARE.TXT compat1x des doc packages
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INSTALL.TXT compat20 floppies ports
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README.TXT compat21 games proflibs
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RELNOTES.TXT info src
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XF8632
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If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this
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distribution directory, all you need to do is make a 1.44Mb floppy
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from the floppies/boot.flp image file (see floppies/README.TXT for
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instructions on how to do this), boot it and follow the instructions.
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If you're trying to do some other type of installation, or are just
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curious about how the distribution is organized in general, what
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follows is a more thorough description of each item in more detail:
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The *.TXT files obviously contain documentation (ABOUT.TXT being what
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you're reading now).
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The XF8632 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.2 release and
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consists of a series of gzip'd tar files which contain each component
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of the XFree86 distribution.
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The compat1x, compat20 and compat21 directories contain distributions for
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compatibility with older releases and are distributed as gzip'd tar files -
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they can be installed during release time or later by running their
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`install.sh' scripts.
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The bin, dict, des, doc, games, info, manpages, proflibs, and src
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directories contain the primary distribution components of FreeBSD
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itself and are split into smaller files for easy packing onto floppies
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(should that be necessary).
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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 easy packing onto floppies (should that be necessary).
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The compat1x, compat20 and compat21 directories contain distributions
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for compatibility with older releases and are distributed as single
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gzip'd tar files - they can be installed during release time or later
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by running their `install.sh' scripts.
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A typical distribution (we'll use the info distribution as an example) looks
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like this:
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A typical distribution (we'll use the info distribution as an example)
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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 and does not need to be copied with the
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rest of the distribution files. The info.a* files are split, gzip'd
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tar files, the contents of which can be viewed by doing:
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used by the actual installation and does not need to be copied with
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the rest of the distribution files. The info.a* files are split,
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gzip'd tar files, the contents of which can be viewed by doing:
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cat info.a* | tar tvzf -
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During installation, they are automatically concatenated and extracted by
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the installation procedure.
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During installation, they are automatically concatenated and extracted
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by the installation procedure.
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The info.inf file is also necessary since it is read by the installation
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program in order to figure out how many pieces to look for when fetching and
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# Upper size for the mfs in the boot.flp kernel.
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# These are adjusted down to the minimum needed by doFS.sh.
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BOOTMFSSIZE= 1440
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MFSINODE= 80000
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FIXITINODE= 28000
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MFSINODE= 60000
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FIXITINODE= 20000
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BOOTINODE= 100000
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# Things which will get you into trouble if you change them
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DISTRIBUTIONS= bin ${EXTRA_DISTS}
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@ -377,8 +378,7 @@ release.8: write_mfs_in_kernel dumpnlist
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rm -rf ${RD}/mfsfd
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mkdir ${RD}/mfsfd
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cd ${RD}/mfsfd && \
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mkdir -p etc dev mnt stand/help && \
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ln -s 'AH<<<<' etc/malloc.conf
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mkdir -p etc dev mnt stand/help
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@cd ${.CURDIR} && $(MAKE) installCRUNCH CRUNCH=boot \
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DIR=${RD}/mfsfd/stand ZIP=false
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( cd ${RD}/trees/bin/dev && \
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@ -613,14 +613,13 @@ doMFSKERN:
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kzip -v ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel
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@mv ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel ${RD}/kernels/MFSKERNEL.${FSIMAGE}
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@mv ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel.kz ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel
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@ls -l ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel
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@rm -f ${RD}/floppies/boot${FSIMAGE}.flp
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cat ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/rawboot ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE}/kernel | \
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dd conv=sync of=${RD}/floppies/boot${FSIMAGE}.flp
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@echo 'USERCONFIG' > startup_foo
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@echo 'intro' >> startup_foo
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dd if=startup_foo of=${RD}/floppies/boot${FSIMAGE}.flp \
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seek=1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
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@rm -f startup_foo
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sh -e ${.CURDIR}/doFS.sh ${RD} ${MNT} ${FDSIZE} ${RD}/boot.${FSIMAGE} \
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${BOOTINODE} ${FDLABEL}
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#echo 'USERCONFIG' > startup_foo
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#echo 'intro' >> startup_foo
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#dd if=startup_foo of=fs-image seek=1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
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#rm -f startup_foo
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mv fs-image ${RD}/floppies/boot${FSIMAGE}.flp
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.include <bsd.prog.mk>
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vnconfig -s labels -c /dev/r${VNDEVICE} fs-image
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dd if=${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/boot1 of=fs-image conv=notrunc
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disklabel -Brw \
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-b ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/fdboot \
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-s ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/bootfd \
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${VNDEVICE} auto
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/dev/r${VNDEVICE} minimum
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newfs -u 0 -t 0 -i ${FSINODE} -m 0 -T minimum -o space /dev/r${VNDEVICE}c
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vnconfig -s labels -c /dev/r${VNDEVICE} fs-image
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dd if=${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/boot1 of=fs-image conv=notrunc
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disklabel -Brw \
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-b ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/fdboot \
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-s ${RD}/trees/bin/usr/mdec/bootfd \
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${VNDEVICE} auto
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/dev/r${VNDEVICE} minimum
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newfs -u 0 -t 0 -i ${FSINODE} -m 0 -T minimum -o space /dev/r${VNDEVICE}c
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