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1.1 brad 17: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64</font></h2>
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1.113 nick 22: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182 deraadt 23: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
24: the AMD64 extensions. (Some Intel processors lack support for important
25: PAE NX bit, which means those machines will run without any W^X support --
26: it is thus safer to run those machines in i386 mode).
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1.113 nick 28: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
29: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.211 deraadt 31: <p>
32: X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using
33: the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended
1.214 deraadt 34: that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous
1.212 deraadt 35: resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their
1.213 jasper 36: hardware properly.
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1.163 nick 38: <a name="toc"></a>
1.113 nick 39: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
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1.4 deraadt 41: <ul>
1.113 nick 42: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
43: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
44: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64</a>
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1.113 nick 49: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 52: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.13 krw 53: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&arch=amd64&sektion=4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 54: is somewhat poor.
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1.7 grange 57: <a name="hardware"></a>
1.113 nick 58: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 60: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 63: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
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1.113 nick 66: <h4>SMP support</h4>
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1.113 nick 69: Starting with OpenBSD 3.6, OpenBSD/amd64 supports most SMP
70: (Symmetrical MultiProcessor) systems.
71: To support SMP operation, a separate SMP kernel (<tt>bsd.mp</tt>) is
72: included with the installation file sets.
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1.244 tedu 74: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
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77: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
78: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
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1.113 nick 85: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 89: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.241 sthen 90: <a href="54.html">OpenBSD 5.4</a>.
1.113 nick 91: Here are the
1.241 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
93: OpenBSD/amd64 5.4 installation instructions
1.113 nick 94: </a>.
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1.113 nick 97: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.240 sthen 98: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
1.113 nick 99: as well as in a few
100: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
101: Here are the
1.240 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.113 nick 103: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions
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1.113 nick 107: There are several installation media provided:
1.4 deraadt 108: <ul>
1.113 nick 109: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
1.17 deraadt 110: <br>
1.157 tom 111: The CD provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
112: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 113: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
114: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.4 deraadt 115: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 116: kernel configuration file.
1.241 sthen 117: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy54.fs)
1.17 deraadt 118: <br>
1.113 nick 119: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
120: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
121: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
122: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
123: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.4 deraadt 124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 125: kernel configuration file.
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