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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
1.266 naddy 26: the AMD64 extensions.
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1.113 nick 29: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
30: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.211 deraadt 33: X Window System support is available for most graphics cards, using
34: the X.Org server. As with other free operating systems it is highly recommended
1.214 deraadt 35: that Nvidia cards are avoided since this vendor continues to show tremendous
1.212 deraadt 36: resistance towards releasing information that would allow X.Org to support their
1.213 jasper 37: hardware properly.
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42: <h3 id="status"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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44: <p>
1.113 nick 45: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.271 tb 46: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ddb&arch=amd64&sektion=4">ddb</a>
1.113 nick 47: is somewhat poor.
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51: <h3 id="hardware"><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></font></h3>
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1.113 nick 53: <h4>Processors</h4>
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1.113 nick 56: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
57: supported.
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1.272 tedu 59: <h4>Graphics Support</h4>
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1.272 tedu 62: Basic graphics support should support most hardware, but some features like
63: video or 3D acceleration require additional driver support. Unsupported devices
64: will typically still work in VESA or EFIFB mode.
65: <p>
66: AMD devices use a confusing mix of code names and rebadging. Some devices
67: expected to work:
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1.279 ! tj 69: <li>Products using "Northern Islands," "Southern Islands," or "Sea Islands"
! 70: graphics cores.
1.272 tedu 71: <li>AMD Radeon 5000 series
72: <li>Earlier AMD and ATI models are expected to work as well.
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75: Intel devices can be confusing as well. Some devices expected to work:
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1.275 tedu 77: <li>Intel Kaby Lake (found on i-7xxx CPU)
1.273 tj 78: <li>Intel Skylake (found on i-6xxx CPU)
1.272 tedu 79: <li>Intel Broadwell (found on i-5xxx CPU)
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1.272 tedu 91: <li>Earlier Intel models and revisions are expected to work as well.
92: <li>The PowerVR graphics found on some Atom CPUs are not supported.
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1.244 tedu 95: <h3><font color="#0000e0">Unsupported Hardware:</font></h3>
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98: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
99: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
100: can accelerate this support!
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104: <h3 id="install"><font color="#0000e0">
1.113 nick 105: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
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1.113 nick 109: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.279 ! tj 110: <a href="65.html">OpenBSD 6.5</a>.
1.113 nick 111: Here are the
1.279 ! tj 112: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.5/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.273 tj 113: OpenBSD/amd64 installation instructions</a>.
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1.113 nick 116: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.278 tj 117: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
118: as well as on a few
1.113 nick 119: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
120: Here are the
1.278 tj 121: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.268 tb 122: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
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1.113 nick 125: There are several installation media provided:
1.4 deraadt 126: <ul>
1.268 tb 127: <li><strong>CD image</strong> (installXX.iso)
1.17 deraadt 128: <br>
1.268 tb 129: The CD ISO provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
1.157 tom 130: that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113 nick 131: This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
132: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277 bentley 133: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113 nick 134: kernel configuration file.
1.268 tb 135: <li><strong>Disk image</strong> (minirootXX.fs)
1.254 tedu 136: <br>
1.268 tb 137: The same installer as the CD ISO, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
1.254 tedu 138: hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.268 tb 139: <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppyXX.fs)
1.17 deraadt 140: <br>
1.113 nick 141: This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
142: It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
143: find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
144: such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
145: For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277 bentley 146: <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113 nick 147: kernel configuration file.
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