On Monday, September 15, 2025, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an old Intel i5 desktop that I was not able to install > OpenBSD onto, and I have used for some years with other OSs. > I'd like to use this excellent OS, though, so I am trying again.
> The dmesg from a bsd.rd boot is posted below. It was created using a > usb flash drive that has 7.7 installed. The flash drive successfully > boots 7.7, as tested on 2 other desktops. The dmesg shows that this cpu is 64bit capable. Is there a reason you’re installing the 32bit i386 on it instead of the amd64 version? If that’s not for a specific reason, I strongly recommend you try the amd64 install. Philip Guenther

