PKGTAPE(4-SysV)     RISC/os Reference Manual      PKGTAPE(4-SysV)



NAME
     pkgtape - MIPS software distribution tape layout

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page describes the layout of MIPS software dis-
     tribution tapes.

     There are two major variations: OS (RISC/os) releases, and
     non-OS releases.  OS releases have two additional files on
     the first tape in a release set.

     For distributions which contain multiple tapes, there are
     also differences between the first tape in a distribution
     and the others.

     The first tape in a distribution is layed out as follows:

          OS packages (RISC/os)-
                    id instd tapevol miniroot archive ...

          non-OS packages-
                    id instd archive ...

          Any additional tapes are laid out as follows:
                    id archive ...

     id is a text file containing:
         packagename version volumenumber

     id is used to verify that the installer has mounted the
     requested tape when prompted to change tapes.

     instd is the standard packaging information and tools direc-
     tory for the release. It is a tar archive, containing the
     pkginfo file, bomfiles and installation tools for the pack-
     age. Note that this directory is also present on OS
     releases; this provides for later reinstallation of subpack-
     ages from the release without having to load and boot the
     miniroot.

     tapevol is the bootable tape file containing standalone
     binaries for the disk formatter and sash.

     miniroot is the miniroot filesystem, used for installation
     of scratch OS installs, and any OS install of the root file
     system.

     archive is the archive file for one of the subpackages in
     the package.  Presently the packaging/install tools assume
     this to be a tar archive.





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SEE ALSO
     pkg(1M), inst(1M), pkginst(1M) in the System Administrator's
     Reference Manual.




















































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