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                     18: <h2><font color="#e00000">OpenBSD/amd64</font></h2>
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1.4     ! deraadt    23: OpenBSD/amd64 runs on AMD's Athlon-64 family of processors in 64-bit mode.
        !            24: Note that OpenBSD/i386 also runs on these processors, but in 32-bit mode.
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1.4     ! deraadt    27: <a href="#toc"></a>
        !            28: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><i>Table of contents</i></font></h3>
1.1       brad       29: <p>
1.4     ! deraadt    30: <ul>
        !            31:   <li><a href="#status">Current status</a>
        !            32:   <li><a href="#install">Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64</a>
        !            33: </ul>
        !            34: </p>
        !            35:
        !            36: <hr>
        !            37: <a name="status"></a>
        !            38: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
        !            39:
        !            40: <p>
        !            41: It can be expected to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current
        !            42: hardware.
        !            43: <p>
        !            44:
        !            45: A few problems exist with the bootblocks, kvm libraries, and some floating
        !            46: point operations.  Obviously this is fairly new, so it will take time to
        !            47: find other issues and fix them.
        !            48: <p>
        !            49:
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        !            51: <a name="install"></a>
        !            52: <h3><font color="#0000e0">
        !            53: <strong>Getting and installing OpenBSD/amd64:</strong>
        !            54: </font></h3>
        !            55:
        !            56: <p>
        !            57: Snapshots are made available from time to time, in
        !            58: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64">this location</a>
        !            59: as well as in a few
        !            60: <a href="ftp.html">mirrors</a>.
        !            61: Here are the
        !            62: <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/INSTALL.amd64">
        !            63: OpenBSD/amd64 snapshot installation instructions
        !            64: </a> as well.
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1.4     ! deraadt    68: There are several installation media provided:
        !            69: <ul>
        !            70:   <li><strong>CD boot</strong>
        !            71:   <p>
        !            72:   Booting off the CD provides an <i>El Torito</i> 2.88MB floppy image
        !            73:   that contains almost all OpenBSD drivers.
        !            74:   This also includes minimal USB support (storage devices and keyboard).<br>
        !            75:   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
        !            76:   <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK_CD?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK_CD</a>
        !            77:   kernel configuration file.
        !            78:   </p></li>
        !            79:   <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy34.fs)
        !            80:   <p>
        !            81:   This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers.
        !            82:   It is designed to cover the most typical PC. As a general rule, you will
        !            83:   find that the missing drivers are ones which need large microcodes to run,
        !            84:   such as for rare scsi cards, gigabit ethernet cards, or RAID devices.<br>
        !            85:   For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the
        !            86:   <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/RAMDISK?rev=HEAD">RAMDISK</a>
        !            87:   kernel configuration file.
        !            88: </ul>
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