1*3af2acdcSchristos.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.5 2017/02/17 22:30:28 christos Exp $ 2*3af2acdcSchristos.Dd February 17, 2017 3e02bb3ffStakemura.Dt BOOT 8 hpcmips 4e02bb3ffStakemura.Os 5e02bb3ffStakemura.Sh NAME 6e02bb3ffStakemura.Nm boot 75b3ea154Swiz.Nd system bootstrapping procedures 8e02bb3ffStakemura.Sh DESCRIPTION 9e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 10e02bb3ffStakemura.Ss Power fail and crash recovery 11e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 12e02bb3ffStakemuraUnfortunately, on most machines, the system can't reboot itself 13e02bb3ffStakemuraat power-up or after crashes. 14e02bb3ffStakemuraYou might have to restart the system manually. 15e02bb3ffStakemuraOnce the system starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems 16e02bb3ffStakemurawill be performed, 17e02bb3ffStakemuraand unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations. 18e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 19e02bb3ffStakemura.Ss Cold starts 20e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 21e02bb3ffStakemuraTypical MIPS based Windows CE Handheld machines 22e02bb3ffStakemuraattempt to boot Windows CE operating system in its own boot ROM. 23e02bb3ffStakemuraYou can't boot the 24e02bb3ffStakemura.Nx 25e02bb3ffStakemuradirectly skipping Windows CE. 26e02bb3ffStakemuraThe 27e02bb3ffStakemura.Nx 28e02bb3ffStakemurabootloaders are provided as application programs on Windows CE instead. 29e02bb3ffStakemuraYou can choose 30*3af2acdcSchristos.Xr hpcmips/pbsdboot 8 315b3ea154Swizor 32c59a2c9bSuwe.Xr hpcboot 8 . 33e02bb3ffStakemuraThough the bootloaders are application programs, 345b3ea154Swizthey blow away the entire Windows CE OS and its settings 355b3ea154Swizwhen the kernel boots successfully. 36e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 37e02bb3ffStakemura.Ss Normal Operation 38e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 395b3ea154SwizOnce running, a familiar window will appear. 405b3ea154SwizYou can choose the machine type, kernel file location and kernel boot 415b3ea154Swizoptions with a GUI and push the button named 42e02bb3ffStakemura.Dq Li [boot] 435b3ea154Swizto boot 44e02bb3ffStakemura.Nx . 45e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 46e02bb3ffStakemura.Ss Automatic mode 47e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 485b3ea154SwizThe bootloaders have an 49e02bb3ffStakemura.Dq Li auto boot 505b3ea154Swizoption. 515b3ea154SwizIf you enable this option, the specified kernel will be loaded 525b3ea154Swizautomatically after a countdown. 53e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 54e02bb3ffStakemura.Sh FILES 55e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 56e02bb3ffStakemura.Bl -tag -width pbsdboot1.exe -compact 57e02bb3ffStakemura.It Pa /netbsd 585b3ea154Swizsystem kernel 59e02bb3ffStakemura.It Pa /netbsd.gz 605b3ea154Swizgzip-compressed kernel 61e02bb3ffStakemura.It Pa pbsdboot1.exe 62e02bb3ffStakemurabootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01 63e02bb3ffStakemura.It Pa pbsdboot.exe 64e02bb3ffStakemurabootloader executable file for Windows CE 65e02bb3ffStakemura.It Pa hpcboot.exe 66e02bb3ffStakemuranew bootloader executable file for Windows CE 67e02bb3ffStakemura.El 68e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 69e02bb3ffStakemura.Sh SEE ALSO 70e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 719db36447Suwe.Xr kloader 4 , 72c59a2c9bSuwe.Xr hpcboot 8 , 73*3af2acdcSchristos.Xr hpcmips/pbsdboot 8 74e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 75e02bb3ffStakemura.Sh BUGS 76e02bb3ffStakemura.\" 775b3ea154SwizThere is no general way to launch a bootloader automatically 785b3ea154Swizwhile a few Windows CE machine provide an 79e02bb3ffStakemura.Dq auto run 80e02bb3ffStakemuramechanism. 81