On Monday, September 15, 2025, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 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

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