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diff --git a/release/LAYOUT.TXT b/release/LAYOUT.TXT new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15307c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/release/LAYOUT.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +=================== +Distribution format +=================== + +A typical FreeBSD distribution directory looks something like this: + +ABOUT.TXT bin dict manpages tools +HARDWARE.TXT compat1x des doc packages +INSTALL.TXT compat20 floppies ports +README.TXT compat21 games proflibs +RELNOTES.TXT info src +DISTRIB.TXT XF86332 + +If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this +distribution directory, all you need to do is make a 1.44Mb floppy +from the floppies/boot.flp image file (see floppies/README.TXT for +instructions on how to do this), boot it and follow the instructions. +See INSTALL.TXT for more information. + +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 + DISTRIB.TXT) and should be read before starting an installation. + +2. The XF86332 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.3.2 release and + consists of a series of gzip'd tar files which contain each component + of the XFree86 distribution. + +3. The bin, dict, des, 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 and compat21 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: ``/stand/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 26MB 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. |
