[src/netbsd-1-5]: src/distrib/notes/sparc64 pull up from trunk. approved by ...

[mrg <mrg%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/12d8eceb451c
branches:  netbsd-1-5
changeset: 489264:12d8eceb451c
user:      mrg <mrg%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Aug 26 01:02:57 2000 +0000

description:
pull up from trunk.  approved by thorpej:
>initial sparc64 install notes; still needs major editing to remove sparc-specific
>crap and add ultrasparc specific crap.

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/sparc64/Makefile |     3 +
 distrib/notes/sparc64/contents |  1066 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 distrib/notes/sparc64/hardware |    83 +++
 distrib/notes/sparc64/install  |   362 +++++++++++++
 distrib/notes/sparc64/legal    |    19 +
 distrib/notes/sparc64/prep     |    71 ++
 distrib/notes/sparc64/upgrade  |    46 +
 distrib/notes/sparc64/whatis   |     4 +
 distrib/notes/sparc64/xfer     |     3 +
 9 files changed, 1657 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diffs (truncated from 1693 to 300 lines):

diff -r 0a8429037962 -r 12d8eceb451c distrib/notes/sparc64/Makefile
--- /dev/null   Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/Makefile    Sat Aug 26 01:02:57 2000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#      $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.2.2 2000/08/26 01:02:57 mrg Exp $
+
+.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff -r 0a8429037962 -r 12d8eceb451c distrib/notes/sparc64/contents
--- /dev/null   Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc64/contents    Sat Aug 26 01:02:57 2000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,1066 @@
+.\"    $NetBSD: contents,v 1.1.2.2 2000/08/26 01:02:57 mrg Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
+.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
+.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
+.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
+.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
+.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.ds m \*[MACHINE]
+.Ss2 NetBSD/\*m Subdirectory Structure
+The \*m-specific portion of the
+.Nx \*V
+release is found in the
+.Pa \*m
+subdirectory of the distribution:
+.ie \n[_FOR_RELEASE] .Pa \&.../NetBSD-\*V/\*m/
+.el .Pa Pf \&.../arch/\*m/snapshot/ Ar yyyymmdd/
+.Bl -tag -compact -width INSTALL.html
+.      It Pa INSTALL.html
+.      It Pa INSTALL.ps
+.      It Pa INSTALL.txt
+.      It Pa INSTALL.more
+Installation notes; this file. The
+.Pa \&.more No file contains underlined text using the
+.Xr more 1
+conventions for indicating italic and bold display.
+.      It Pa binary/
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa sets/
+\*m binary distribution sets;
+see below.
+.if \n[amiga] \{\
+.              Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa Split/
+\&.tgz files split for loading onto floppies.
+.              El
+.\}
+.if \n[amiga] \{\
+.              It Pa kernel/
+.No The Tn GENERIC No kernel.
+.\}
+.if \n[pmax] \{\
+.              It Pa kernel/
+\*m installation kernels.
+.\}
+.if \n[sparc] \{\
+.              It Pa kernel/
+.No Base Tn GENERIC No kernels.
+.\}
+.if \n[sparc64] \{\
+.              It Pa kernel/
+.No Base Tn GENERIC No kernels.
+.\}
+.              It Pa security/
+\*m security distribution; see below.
+.      El
+.      It Pa installation/
+.\" BTW, .Bl ... .El is not allowed unless there is at least one .It.
+.
+.\"============================================ ALPHA INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[alpha] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa floppy/
+\*m boot and installation floppies; see below.
+.              It Pa diskimage/
+.              It Pa tapeimage/
+.No \&an image file Pa cdhdtape
+is included for the case where the installer is written to
+a CD, hard drive, or tape.
+This image file is the same for the CD, HD, and tape cases,
+.No but a separate Pa tapeimage/
+directory exists to hold a copy of the
+.Tn README No file and to meet the
+.Nx
+.Xr release 7
+standard.
+.              It Pa instkernel/
+.No contains a Pa netbsd.gz
+installation kernel; this is the same installer kernel as in all the
+other install
+images, but without the various boot program and filesystem wrappers.
+It can be netbooted or diskbooted from a previous installation. Note: there is
+no need to ungzip this image.
+
+.              It Pa misc/
+contains
+.Pa GENERIC.fs ,
+.No a Tn GENERIC
+kernel in a bootable filesystem image. This is used in some unusual
+installations as described in the next section.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ AMIGA INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[amiga] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa miniroot/
+\*[MACHINE] miniroot file system image; see below.
+.              It Pa misc/
+Miscellaneous \*[MACHINE] installation utilities; see
+installation section, below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ ARM32 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[arm32] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa kernels/
+\*m installation and other kernels; see below.
+.              It Ar platform/
+Miscellaneous arm32 installation utilities and
+supplementary documentation for
+.Ar platform ; No see installation section, below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ HP300 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[hp300] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.      It Pa miniroot/
+hp300 miniroot images; see below.
+.      It Pa misc/
+Miscellaneous hp300 installation helper utilities;
+see installation section below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ I386 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[i386] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa floppy/
+\*m boot and installation floppies; see below.
+.              It Pa misc/
+Miscellaneous \*[MACHINE] installation utilities; see
+installation section, below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.
+.
+.\"============================================ MACPPC INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[macppc] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa floppy/
+\*m boot and installation floppies; see below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ MVME68K INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[mvme68k] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage/
+.              It Pa miniroot/
+The miniroot filesystem image.
+.              It Pa netboot/
+Two programs needed to boot mvme68k kernels over the network.
+.              It Pa tapeimage/
+Tape boot programs, and a RAMDISK kernel.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ PC532 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[pc532] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width floppy
+.              It Pa floppy/
+.              Bl -tag -compact -width floppy-144.fs.gz
+.                      It Pa floppy-144.fs.gz
+Installation file system obtained via SCSI floppy or download to RAM.
+.              El
+.              It Pa misc/
+.              Bl -tag -compact -width floppy-144.fs.gz
+.                      It Pa download.c.gz
+Source for the program to download inst-11.fs into memory via the
+pc532 ROM monitor.
+.              El
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ PMAX INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[pmax] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width diskimage
+.              It Pa diskimage/
+\*m miniroot file system image; see below.
+.              It Pa misc/
+New bootblocks necessary for booting non
+.Ic a.out
+kernels.
+.              It Pa netboot/
+Server tar file for diskless machines.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ SPARC INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[sparc] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width miniroot/
+.              It Pa miniroot/
+Sparc miniroot boot-image.
+.              It Pa netboot/
+Server boot-file image for diskless machines.
+.              It Pa misc/
+Statically-linked versions of gzip (GNU gzip) and gtar (GNU tar).
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ SPARC64 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[sparc64] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width miniroot/
+.\" .          It Pa miniroot/
+.\" Sparc miniroot boot-image.
+.              It Pa netboot/
+Server boot-file image for diskless machines.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ SUN3 INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[sun3] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width miniroot/
+.              It Pa miniroot/
+Sun3 miniroot boot-image.
+.              It Pa netboot/
+Server boot-file image for diskless machines.
+.              It Pa tapeboot/
+Scripts and boot block for making a boot tape.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ VAX INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[vax] \{\
+.\}
+.
+.\"============================================ X68K INSTALLATION SUBTREE
+.
+.if \n[x68k] \{\
+.      Bl -tag -compact -width floppy/
+.              It Pa floppy/
+\*m boot and installation floppies; see below.
+.              It Pa misc/
+Miscellaneous \*[MACHINE] installation utilities which run
+on Human68k; see installation section, below.
+.      El
+.\}
+.
+.
+.
+.
+.El
+.
+.
+.
+.if r_alpha \{\
+.Ss2 Bootable installation/upgrade floppies:
+.Pp