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1.1 brad 15: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64</font></h2>
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1.113 nick 19: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182 deraadt 20: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
21: the AMD64 extensions. (Some Intel processors lack support for important
22: PAE NX bit, which means those machines will run without any W^X support --
23: 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 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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39: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 42: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.258 sthen 43: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ddb&arch=amd64&sektion=4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 44: is somewhat poor.
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48: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 50: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 53: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
54: supported.
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1.113 nick 56: <h4>SMP support</h4>
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1.113 nick 59: Starting with OpenBSD 3.6, OpenBSD/amd64 supports most SMP
60: (Symmetrical MultiProcessor) systems.
61: To support SMP operation, a separate SMP kernel (<tt>bsd.mp</tt>) is
62: included with the installation file sets.
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1.244 tedu 64: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
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67: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
68: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
69: can accelerate this support!
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1.113 nick 75: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 79: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.256 sthen 80: <a href="58.html">OpenBSD 5.8</a>.
1.113 nick 81: Here are the
1.256 sthen 82: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.8/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
83: OpenBSD/amd64 5.8 installation instructions
1.113 nick 84: </a>.
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1.113 nick 87: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.240 sthen 88: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
1.113 nick 89: as well as in a few
90: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
91: Here are the
1.240 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.113 nick 93: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions
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1.113 nick 97: There are several installation media provided:
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1.113 nick 99: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
1.17 deraadt 100: <br>
1.157 tom 101: The CD provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
102: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 103: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
104: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 105: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 106: kernel configuration file.
1.256 sthen 107: <li><strong>Disk Image</strong> (miniroot58.fs)
1.254 tedu 108: <br>
109: The same installer as the CD, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
110: hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.256 sthen 111: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy58.fs)
1.17 deraadt 112: <br>
1.113 nick 113: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
114: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
115: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
116: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
117: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 118: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 119: kernel configuration file.
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