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83 lines
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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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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 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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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 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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A typical distribution (we'll use the info distribution as an example) looks
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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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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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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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concatenating the distribution. When putting distributions onto floppies,
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the .inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each distribution set!
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The info.mtree file is another non-essential file which is provided
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for user reference. It contains the MD5 signatures of the *unpacked*
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distribution files and can be later used with the mtree(1) program
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to verify the installation permissions and checksums against any possible
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modifications to the file. When used with the bin distribution, this can
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be an excellent way of detecting trojan horse attacks on your system.
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Finally, the install.sh file is for use by those who want to install the
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distribution after installation time. To install the info distribution from
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CDROM after a 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! Each distribution contains its own
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install.sh file for this.
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The floppies subdirectory contains the floppy installation images and
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the floppies/README.TXT file should be read for further information
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on them.
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The packages and ports directories contain the FreeBSD packages and
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ports collections. Packages may be installed from the packages directory
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by running the /stand/sysinstall utility with the argument ``configPackages''
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or by feeding the individual filenames to the pkg_add(1) command.
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The ports tree should be copied or linked (with the ``lndir'' command)
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to a directory on your hard disk. lndir comes with the XFree86 distribution
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and is recommended if you can live with mounting your CDROM whenever you wish
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to use the ports collection. More information on the ports collection may be
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obtained from http://www.freebsd.org/ports or locally from
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file:/usr/share/doc/handbook if you've installed 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 only for user convenience.
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