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1.260 tb 18: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
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1.113 nick 24: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182 deraadt 25: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
26: the AMD64 extensions. (Some Intel processors lack support for important
27: PAE NX bit, which means those machines will run without any W^X support --
28: it is thus safer to run those machines in i386 mode).
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1.113 nick 31: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
32: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.211 deraadt 35: X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using
36: the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended
1.214 deraadt 37: that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous
1.212 deraadt 38: resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their
1.213 jasper 39: hardware properly.
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44: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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46: <p>
1.113 nick 47: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.258 sthen 48: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ddb&arch=amd64&sektion=4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 49: is somewhat poor.
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53: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 55: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 58: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
59: supported.
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1.113 nick 61: <h4>SMP support</h4>
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1.113 nick 64: Starting with OpenBSD 3.6, OpenBSD/amd64 supports most SMP
65: (Symmetrical MultiProcessor) systems.
66: To support SMP operation, a separate SMP kernel (<tt>bsd.mp</tt>) is
67: included with the installation file sets.
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1.244 tedu 69: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
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72: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
73: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
74: can accelerate this support!
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79: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.113 nick 80: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 84: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.262 tj 85: <a href="59.html">OpenBSD 5.9</a>.
1.113 nick 86: Here are the
1.262 tj 87: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.9/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
88: OpenBSD/amd64 5.9 installation instructions
1.113 nick 89: </a>.
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1.113 nick 92: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.240 sthen 93: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
1.113 nick 94: as well as in a few
95: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
96: Here are the
1.240 sthen 97: <a href="http://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.113 nick 98: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions
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1.113 nick 102: There are several installation media provided:
1.4 deraadt 103: <ul>
1.113 nick 104: <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
1.17 deraadt 105: <br>
1.157 tom 106: The CD provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
107: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 108: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
109: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 110: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 111: kernel configuration file.
1.263 tb 112: <li><strong>Disk Image</strong> (miniroot59.fs)
1.254 tedu 113: <br>
114: The same installer as the CD, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
115: hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.263 tb 116: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy59.fs)
1.17 deraadt 117: <br>
1.113 nick 118: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
119: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
120: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
121: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
122: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.248 nick 123: <a href="http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 124: kernel configuration file.
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