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 Sun refused access to the neccessary documentation for the (very bizzare)  Sun refused access to the neccessary documentation for the (very bizzare)
 host bridge in the UltraSPARC III machines, so a few years were lost before  host bridge in the UltraSPARC III machines, so a few years were lost before
 some reverse engineering figured out the changes in these machines.  some reverse engineering figured out the changes in these machines.
 OpenBSD 4.0 is thus the first release to ship with support for the  OpenBSD 4.0 has thus been the first release to ship with support for the
 UltraSPARC III based machines.  UltraSPARC III based machines.
   
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 The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is  The latest supported OpenBSD/sparc64 release is
 <a href="40.html">OpenBSD 4.0</a>.  <a href="41.html">OpenBSD 4.1</a>.
 Here are the  Here are the
 <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.0/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">  <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">
 OpenBSD/sparc64 4.0 installation instructions  OpenBSD/sparc64 4.1 installation instructions
 </a>.  </a>.
   
 <p>  <p>
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 <pre>  <pre>
   boot cdrom    boot cdrom
 </pre>  </pre>
   <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy40.fs)    <li><strong>Floppy A</strong> (floppy41.fs)
   <p>    <p>
   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
 </pre>  </pre>
   <p>    <p>
   <li><strong>Floppy B</strong> (floppyB40.fs)    <li><strong>Floppy B</strong> (floppyB41.fs)
   <p>    <p>
   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
 </pre>  </pre>
   <p>    <p>
   <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot40.fs)    <li><strong>Miniroot</strong> (miniroot41.fs)
   <p>    <p>
   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/4.0/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">installation  <a href="ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/sparc64/INSTALL.sparc64">installation
 notes</a> for details.  notes</a> for details.
   
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