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diff --git a/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT b/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT deleted file mode 100644 index c97298e..0000000 --- a/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT +++ /dev/null @@ -1,101 +0,0 @@ -=================== -Distribution format -=================== - -A typical FreeBSD distribution directory looks something like this: - -ABOUT.TXT bin compat3x games proflibs -HARDWARE.TXT compat1x info src tools -INSTALL.TXT compat20 dict manpages packages -README.TXT compat21 crypto doc -RELNOTES.TXT compat22 floppies ports -XF86336 - -If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this -distribution directory, all you need to do is make the 1.44MB boot -floppies from the floppies directory (see floppies/README.TXT for -instructions on how to do this), boot them and follow the instructions. -The rest of the data needed during the installation will be obtained -automatically based on your selections. If you've never installed -FreeBSD before, you also want to read the INSTALL.TXT file for -instructions. - -If you're trying to do some other type of installation or are merely -curious about how a distribution is organized, what follows is a more -thorough description of each item in more detail: - -1. The *.TXT files obviously contain documentation (this file is - LAYOUT.TXT) and should be read before starting an installation. - -2. The XF86336 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.3.6 release and - consists of a series of gzip'd tar files which contain each component - of the XFree86 distribution. - -3. The bin, dict, crypto, doc, games, info, manpages, proflibs, and src - directories contain the primary distribution components of FreeBSD - itself and are split into smaller files for easy packing onto floppies - (should that be necessary). - -4. The compat1x, compat20, compat21, compat22, and compat3x directories - contain distributions for compatibility with older releases and are - distributed as single gzip'd tar files - they can be installed during - release time or later by running their `install.sh' scripts. - -5. The floppies subdirectory also contains the floppy installation images - and the floppies/README.TXT file should be read for further - information on using them. - -6. The packages and ports directories contain the FreeBSD packages and - ports collections. Packages may be installed from the packages - directory by running the command: ``sysinstall configPackages'' - or by feeding individual filenames in packages/ to the pkg_add(1) - command. - - The ports collection may be installed like any other distribution - and requires about 100MB unpacked. More information on the ports - collection may be obtained from http://www.freebsd.org/ports or - locally from ``file:/usr/share/doc/handbook'' if you've installed - the doc distribution. - -7. Last of all, the tools directory contains various DOS tools for - discovering disk geometries, installing boot managers and the like. - It is purely optional and provided only for user convenience. - -A typical distribution (we'll use the info distribution as an example) -looks like this internally: - -CHECKSUM.MD5 info.ab info.ad info.inf install.sh -info.aa info.ac info.ae info.mtree - -The CHECKSUM.MD5 file contains MD5 signatures for each file, should -data corruption be suspected, and is purely for reference. It is not -used by the actual installation and does not need to be copied with -the rest of the distribution files. The info.a* files are split, -gzip'd tar files, the contents of which can be viewed by doing: - - cat info.a* | tar tvzf - - -During installation, they are automatically concatenated and extracted -by the installation procedure. - -The info.inf file is also necessary since it is read by the installation -program in order to figure out how many pieces to look for when fetching and -concatenating the distribution. When putting distributions onto floppies, -the .inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each distribution set! - -The info.mtree file is another non-essential file which is provided -for user reference. It contains the MD5 signatures of the *unpacked* -distribution files and can be later used with the mtree(1) program -to verify the installation permissions and checksums against any possible -modifications to the file. When used with the bin distribution, this can -be an excellent way of detecting trojan horse attacks on your system. - -Finally, the install.sh file is for use by those who want to install the -distribution after installation time. To install the info distribution from -CDROM after a system was installed, for example, you'd do: - - cd /cdrom/info - sh install.sh - -And that's all there is to it! Each distribution contains its own -install.sh file for this. |
