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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>
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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>
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! 37: <a name="status"></a>
! 38: <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Current status:</strong></font></h3>
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! 40: <p>
! 41: It can be expected to install and run with minimal difficulty on most current
! 42: hardware.
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! 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>
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! 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)
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! 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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