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1.1 brad 15: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64</font></h2>
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1.113 nick 20: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182 deraadt 21: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
22: the AMD64 extensions. (Some Intel processors lack support for important
23: PAE NX bit, which means those machines will run without any W^X support --
24: it is thus safer to run those machines in i386 mode).
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1.113 nick 26: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
27: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.211 deraadt 29: <p>
30: X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using
31: the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended
1.214 deraadt 32: that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous
1.212 deraadt 33: resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their
1.213 jasper 34: hardware properly.
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1.250 bentley 36: <h3 id="toc"><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
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1.4 deraadt 38: <ul>
1.113 nick 39: <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
40: <li><a href="#hardware">Supported hardware</a>
41: <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64</a>
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46: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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48: <p>
1.113 nick 49: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.13 krw 50: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ddb&arch=amd64&sektion=4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 51: is somewhat poor.
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55: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 57: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 60: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
61: supported.
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1.113 nick 63: <h4>SMP support</h4>
1.246 tedu 64:
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1.113 nick 66: Starting with OpenBSD 3.6, OpenBSD/amd64 supports most SMP
67: (Symmetrical MultiProcessor) systems.
68: To support SMP operation, a separate SMP kernel (<tt>bsd.mp</tt>) is
69: included with the installation file sets.
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1.244 tedu 71: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
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74: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
75: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
76: can accelerate this support!
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1.113 nick 82: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 86: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.251 nick 87: <a href="57.html">OpenBSD 5.7</a>.
1.113 nick 88: Here are the
1.251 nick 89: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
90: OpenBSD/amd64 5.7 installation instructions
1.113 nick 91: </a>.
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1.113 nick 94: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.240 sthen 95: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
1.113 nick 96: as well as in a few
97: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
98: Here are the
1.240 sthen 99: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.113 nick 100: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions
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1.113 nick 104: There are several installation media provided:
1.4 deraadt 105: <ul>
1.113 nick 106: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
1.17 deraadt 107: <br>
1.157 tom 108: The CD provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
109: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 110: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
111: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 112: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 113: kernel configuration file.
1.254 ! tedu 114: <li><strong>Disk Image</strong> (miniroot56.fs)
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! 116: The same installer as the CD, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
! 117: hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.249 miod 118: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy56.fs)
1.17 deraadt 119: <br>
1.113 nick 120: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
121: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
122: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
123: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
124: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 125: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 126: kernel configuration file.
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