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1.280     bentley     1: <!doctype html>
                      2: <html lang=en id=platform>
                      3: <meta charset=utf-8>
                      4:
1.1       brad        5: <title>OpenBSD/amd64</title>
                      6: <meta name="description" content="the OpenBSD/amd64 page">
1.260     tb          7: <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
                      8: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
1.264     tb          9: <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.openbsd.org/amd64.html">
1.1       brad       10:
1.261     tb         11:
1.280     bentley    12: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.261     tb         13: <a href="index.html">
1.280     bentley    14: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
                     15: amd64
1.260     tb         16: </h2>
1.1       brad       17: <hr>
1.280     bentley    18:
                     19: <table><tr><td>
1.260     tb         20: <p>
1.113     nick       21: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
1.182     deraadt    22: It also runs on processors made by other manufacturers which have cloned
1.266     naddy      23: the AMD64 extensions.
1.280     bentley    24:
1.5       deraadt    25: <p>
1.113     nick       26: Note that <a href="i386.html">OpenBSD/i386</a> also runs on these
                     27: processors, but in 32-bit mode.
1.280     bentley    28:
1.259     deraadt    29: <p>
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.
1.280     bentley    35: </table>
1.211     deraadt    36:
1.4       deraadt    37: <hr>
1.250     bentley    38:
1.280     bentley    39: <h3 id="status"><strong>Current status:</strong></h3>
1.4       deraadt    40:
                     41: <p>
1.113     nick       42: The only major shortcoming at this time is that the kernel debugger
1.280     bentley    43: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/amd64/ddb.4">ddb</a>
1.113     nick       44: is somewhat poor.
1.4       deraadt    45:
                     46: <hr>
1.250     bentley    47:
1.280     bentley    48: <h3 id="hardware"><strong>Supported hardware:</strong></h3>
1.7       grange     49:
1.113     nick       50: <h4>Processors</h4>
1.7       grange     51:
                     52: <p>
1.113     nick       53: All versions of the AMD Athlon 64 processors and their clones are
                     54: supported.
1.19      krw        55:
1.280     bentley    56: <h3>Unsupported Hardware:</h3>
1.244     tedu       57:
                     58: <p>
1.281     deraadt    59: New hardware is constantly being released, some of which may lack support.
1.244     tedu       60: Your <a href="donations.html">donation of time, hardware, or documentation</a>
                     61: can accelerate this support!
                     62:
1.7       grange     63: <hr>
1.250     bentley    64:
1.280     bentley    65: <h3 id="install">
1.113     nick       66: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
1.280     bentley    67: </h3>
1.4       deraadt    68:
                     69: <p>
1.113     nick       70: The latest supported OpenBSD/amd64 release is
1.291   ! tj         71: <a href="73.html">OpenBSD 7.3</a>.
1.113     nick       72: Here are the
1.291   ! tj         73: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.3/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.273     tj         74: OpenBSD/amd64 installation instructions</a>.
1.15      david      75:
                     76: <p>
1.113     nick       77: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
1.278     tj         78: <a href="https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
                     79: as well as on a few
1.113     nick       80: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
                     81: Here are the
1.278     tj         82: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
1.268     tb         83: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions</a> as well.
1.1       brad       84:
                     85: <p>
1.113     nick       86: There are several installation media provided:
1.4       deraadt    87: <ul>
1.291   ! tj         88:   <li><strong>CD image</strong> (install73.iso)
1.17      deraadt    89:   <br>
1.268     tb         90:   The CD ISO provides an <i>El Torito</i> no-emulation boot image
1.157     tom        91:   that includes almost all OpenBSD drivers.
1.113     nick       92:   This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
                     93:   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277     bentley    94:   <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
1.113     nick       95:   kernel configuration file.
1.291   ! tj         96:   <li><strong>Disk image</strong> (miniroot73.img)
1.254     tedu       97:   <br>
1.268     tb         98:   The same installer as the CD ISO, but in a form suitable for creating bootable
1.254     tedu       99:   hard drives or USB flash drives.
1.291   ! tj        100:   <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy73.img)
1.17      deraadt   101:   <br>
1.113     nick      102:   This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
                    103:   It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
                    104:   find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
                    105:   such as for rare SCSI cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
                    106:   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
1.277     bentley   107:   <a href="https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
1.113     nick      108:   kernel configuration file.
1.4       deraadt   109: </ul>