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OpenBSD 4.0 was the first release to ship with support for the |
OpenBSD 4.0 was the first release to ship with support for the |
UltraSPARC III based machines; OpenBSD 4.3 first with SMP support, and |
UltraSPARC III based machines; OpenBSD 4.4 first with SMP support, and |
OpenBSD 4.4 will be the first to support the UltraSPARC IV, UltraSPARC |
OpenBSD 4.4 will be the first to support the UltraSPARC IV, UltraSPARC |
T1, UltraSPARC T2, SPARC64-V, SPARC64-VI and SPARC64-VII processors. |
T1, UltraSPARC T2, SPARC64-V, SPARC64-VI and SPARC64-VII processors. |
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Support for the UltraSPARC IV/T1/T2 machines, the SPARC64-V/VI/VII |
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machines and full support for the Ultra 25/45 and the Enterprise 10000 |
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was first introduced in OpenBSD 4.3-current. |
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Please note, some machines like the Ultra1, Ultra2, Enterprise 220R |
Please note, some machines like the Ultra1, Ultra2, Enterprise 220R |
and SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 may require upgrading the flashprom |
and SPARC Enterprise T5120/T5220 may require upgrading the flashprom |
before OpenBSD can be successfully installed. The SPARC Enterprise |
before OpenBSD can be successfully installed. The SPARC Enterprise |
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The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is |
The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is |
<a href="43.html">OpenBSD 4.3</a>. |
<a href="44.html">OpenBSD 4.4</a>. |
Here are the |
Here are the |
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64"> |
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64"> |
OpenBSD/sparc64 4.3 installation instructions |
OpenBSD/sparc64 4.4 installation instructions |
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boot cdrom |
boot cdrom |
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<li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy43.fs) |
<li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy44.fs) |
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Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel |
Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel |
containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware: |
containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware: |
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boot floppy |
boot floppy |
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<li><strong>Floppy B</strong> (floppyB43.fs) |
<li><strong>Floppy B</strong> (floppyB44.fs) |
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Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel |
Booting off the floppy provides a small ffs filesystem with a kernel |
containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware: |
containing supporting the following sparc64 hardware: |
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boot floppy |
boot floppy |
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<li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot43.fs) |
<li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot44.fs) |
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The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD, |
The miniroot provides the same installation environment as the bootable CD, |
and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system |
and is intended for easy bootstrap if there is already an operating system |
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Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also, |
Please note that booting from floppy might not work on your machine; also, |
Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if |
Ultra 1, 1E and 2 systems might require a PROM update (they usually don't if |
they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the |
they are able to boot Solaris in 64bit-mode); please refer to the |
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.3/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">installation |
<a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">installation |
notes</a> for details. |
notes</a> for details. |
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