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OpenBSD/i386 runs on the standard PC's and clones, with a wide variety of processors, I/O bus architectures and peripherals supported. -
+ OpenBSD/i386 runs on the standard PC's and clones, with a wide variety of processors, I/O bus architectures and peripherals supported.
Although OpenBSD/i386 does not currently support multiple processors (SMP), it will run on multi-processor system boards, using only one processor. -
Through its binary compatibility layer, OpenBSD/i386 can run Linux, FreeBSD, BSD/OS, SVR4 (including Solaris) and IBCS2 binaries, to some extent. Most applications will work flawlessly. -
XFree86 support is available for most graphics cards, using either recent XFree86 (as of OpenBSD 3.4, 4.3.0) servers whenever possible, or XFree86 3.3.6 servers otherwise. -
Most laptops are supported. We have a page that details the specifics of some common laptops. -
The list of supported hardware is relevant to OpenBSD-current. It will differ slightly from the support provided in the latest release version. -
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OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors (SMP), but will run using one processor on a multi-processor system board. -
All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture are supported:
Regular floating-point coprocessors (80387DX, 80387SX, 80487SX) are required when not built into the processor. -
Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine. The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC. -
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Most laptops are supported. We have a page that details the specifics of some common laptops.
The list of supported hardware is relevant to OpenBSD-current. It will differ slightly from the support provided in the latest release version.
OpenBSD does not currently support multiple processors (SMP), but will run using one processor on a multi-processor system board.
All CPU chips compatible with the Intel 80386 (i386) architecture are supported:
Regular floating-point coprocessors (80387DX, 80387SX, 80487SX) are required when not built into the processor.
Everything that is a clone of the 386 or up should work fine. The only CPU that is known to work poorly (due to flawed motherboard designs) is the Cyrix 386DLC.
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The MCA bus found in various official IBM PCs is not supported.
Sony and Panasonic proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are not supported.
Note that not all of the display adapters OpenBSD/i386 supports can be used under XFree86 (please refer the XFree86 documentation for more information).
Please be aware that many NE2000 adapters fail or perform very poorly. We do not recommend using them, but your mileage may vary.
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The following drivers are not extensively tested:
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The following drivers are not extensively tested:
Roughly said, the following cards definitely work. Others may work as well; support is continually being improved.
If a device does not work, be sure to mail the output of dmesg(8) to dmesg@openbsd.org, and we will try to add support.
Roughly said, the following cards definitely work. Others may work as well; support is continually being improved. +
(G) Drivers for hardware marked with (G) are only included in the GENERIC kernels, but are not included on the various distribution floppies (including the cd-rom boot image). -
(A) Drivers for hardware marked with (A) are not included in floppy A. -
(B) Drivers for hardware marked with (B) are not included in floppy B. -
(C) Drivers for hardware marked with (C) are not included in floppy C. -
(*) Support for devices marked with (*) is not included in the GENERIC kernel, and will require you to compile a custom kernel to enable it. -
* Support added after 3.4. -
Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, and your donation of time, hardware, or documentation can accelerate this support!
(G) Drivers for hardware marked with (G) are only included in the GENERIC kernels, but are not included on the various distribution floppies (including the cd-rom boot image).
(A) Drivers for hardware marked with (A) are not included in floppy A.
(B) Drivers for hardware marked with (B) are not included in floppy B.
(C) Drivers for hardware marked with (C) are not included in floppy C.
(*) Support for devices marked with (*) is not included in the GENERIC kernel, and will require you to compile a custom kernel to enable it.
* Support added after 3.4.
Unsupported hardware may be supported in the future, and your donation of time, hardware, or documentation can accelerate this support! +
Also, some laptop computers use a specific partition as suspend-to-disk storage, which should not be clobbered. -
More details on this process can be found in the Installation Guide and Disk Setup Manual. -
Snapshots are made available from time to time, in --- 1290,1302 ---- Getting and installing OpenBSD/i386: +
The latest supported OpenBSD/i386 release is OpenBSD 3.4. Here are the OpenBSD/i386 3.4 installation instructions .
Snapshots are made available from time to time, in *************** *** 1382,1391 **** OpenBSD/i386 snapshot installation instructions as well. -
There are several installation media provided:
--- 1307,1316 ---- OpenBSD/i386 snapshot installation instructions as well.
There are several installation media provided: +
*************** *** 1395,1401 **** For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISK_CD kernel configuration file. -
This 1.44MB floppy image contains the most common drivers. --- 1320,1325 ---- *************** *** 1405,1411 **** For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISK kernel configuration file. -
This 1.44MB floppy image contains some drivers that are missing from --- 1329,1334 ---- *************** *** 1419,1425 **** For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISKB kernel configuration file. -
This 1.44MB floppy image contains many cardbus and PCMCIA device drivers. --- 1342,1347 ---- *************** *** 1430,1436 **** RAMDISKC kernel configuration file.