Module Name: src
Committed By: riz
Date: Thu Sep 6 22:17:46 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man7: release.7
Log Message:
Update release(7) for the recent iso -> images change.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.32 -r1.33 src/share/man/man7/release.7
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man7/release.7
diff -u src/share/man/man7/release.7:1.32 src/share/man/man7/release.7:1.33
--- src/share/man/man7/release.7:1.32 Sat Jan 14 22:56:31 2012
+++ src/share/man/man7/release.7 Thu Sep 6 22:17:46 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: release.7,v 1.32 2012/01/14 22:56:31 jmcneill Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: release.7,v 1.33 2012/09/06 22:17:46 riz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2000, 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 14, 2012
+.Dd Septemeber 6, 2012
.Dt RELEASE 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -122,19 +122,11 @@ The root of the release hierarchy should
files and subdirectories:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width "\*[Lt]machine\*[Gt]"
-.It Sy iso/
-CDROM images in ISO 9660 format, usually created with
-.Dq ./build.sh ... iso-image ...
-after a
-.Dq ./build.sh -x ... release ...
-in
-.Pa src
-or created with
-.Dq ./build.sh ... iso-image-source ...
-after a
-.Dq ./build.sh -x ... release sourcesets ...
-in
-.Pa src .
+.It Sy images/
+Image files intended for use in installing
+.Nx .
+There are different types of images for different platforms, and sometimes
+multiple different image types for a single platform.
.Pp
Images in this directory, unlike images in the
.Sm off
@@ -143,10 +135,10 @@ Images in this directory, unlike images
.Aq Em rel
.Sy /
.Aq Em machine
-.Sy /installation/cdrom/
+.Sy /installation/\\*/
.Xc
.Sm on
-directory, contain file systems that
+directories, contain file systems that
have an internal layout that corresponds to
a complete release for a given machine type.
If built with
@@ -155,10 +147,31 @@ then it will also contain a
.Dq source
directory.
These images are usually bootable.
-.Bl -tag -width "NetBSD-\*[Lt]rel\*[Gt]-\*[Lt]machine_arch\*[Gt].iso"
+.Bl -tag -width "NetBSD-\*[Lt]rel\*[Gt]-\*[Lt]machine\*[Gt].iso"
.It Sy MD5
.It Sy SHA512
.It Sy NetBSD- Ns Ao Em rel Ac Ns Sy - Ns Ao Em machine Ac Ns Sy .iso
+CDROM images in ISO 9660 format, usually created with
+.Dq ./build.sh ... iso-image ...
+after a
+.Dq ./build.sh -x ... release ...
+in
+.Pa src
+or created with
+.Dq ./build.sh ... iso-image-source ...
+after a
+.Dq ./build.sh -x ... release sourcesets ...
+in
+.Pa src .
+.It Sy NetBSD- Ns Ao Em rel Ac Ns Sy - Ns Ao Em machine Ac Ns Sy -install.img.gz
+Bootable installation images intended to be written to any drive which
+appears as an
+.Xr sd 4
+type, such as USB flash disks.
+These images are created with
+.Dq ./build.sh ... install-image
+in
+.Pa src .
.El
.
.It Sy shared/
