Subject: (near) final 1.2 release binary snapshot available
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/17/1996 20:06:35
I just copied a "final" set of NetBSD 1.2 binaries to 
	ftp.netbsd.org,:~ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/snapshot
	ftp.dsg.stanford.edu:~ftp/pub/NetBSD/arch/pmax/snapshot

The distribution sets should be the ones shipped with NetBSD 1.2.

I've also put out a new  miniroot image, miniroot-1.2.gz,
which is close to the final version but may be updated slightly.
There are two changes in this miniroot over the previous miniroots:

	1. It includes a bootable diskblock in the first 8kbytes. if
	   all else fails, you should be able to dd the unzipped
	   miniroot onto a c partition (d for i386) and boot it. No
	   other steps are *absolutely* necessary.

	2. This miniroot includes support for booting with serial
	   consoles on all supported models of DECstation (that is,
	   everything but a DECstation 5100.)  Earlier versions had
	   problems booting at all (with serial consoles) on Personal
	   Decstations or 5000/200s, and may not have been able to ask
	   for a root device.

There is also an TFTP-bootable (ECOFF-format) kernel, netbsd.ecoff
(non-generic) that should be network bootable.  I may replace that
with a  ECOFF-format "swap generic"  kernel if that would be more
useful, and if diskless-boot really works.

My thanks to everyone who's helped out with in the release, including
testing, feedback, bug reports, and comments on the  Web pages!