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1.\"	$NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.5 2017/02/17 22:30:28 christos Exp $
2.Dd February 17, 2017
3.Dt BOOT 8 hpcmips
4.Os
5.Sh NAME
6.Nm boot
7.Nd system bootstrapping procedures
8.Sh DESCRIPTION
9.\"
10.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
11.\"
12Unfortunately, on most machines, the system can't reboot itself
13at power-up or after crashes.
14You might have to restart the system manually.
15Once the system starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems
16will be performed,
17and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
18.\"
19.Ss Cold starts
20.\"
21Typical MIPS based Windows CE Handheld machines
22attempt to boot Windows CE operating system in its own boot ROM.
23You can't boot the
24.Nx
25directly skipping Windows CE.
26The
27.Nx
28bootloaders are provided as application programs on Windows CE instead.
29You can choose
30.Xr hpcmips/pbsdboot 8
31or
32.Xr hpcboot 8 .
33Though the bootloaders are application programs,
34they blow away the entire Windows CE OS and its settings
35when the kernel boots successfully.
36.\"
37.Ss Normal Operation
38.\"
39Once running, a familiar window will appear.
40You can choose the machine type, kernel file location and kernel boot
41options with a GUI and push the button named
42.Dq Li [boot]
43to boot
44.Nx .
45.\"
46.Ss Automatic mode
47.\"
48The bootloaders have an
49.Dq Li auto boot
50option.
51If you enable this option, the specified kernel will be loaded
52automatically after a countdown.
53.\"
54.Sh FILES
55.\"
56.Bl -tag -width pbsdboot1.exe -compact
57.It Pa /netbsd
58system kernel
59.It Pa /netbsd.gz
60gzip-compressed kernel
61.It Pa pbsdboot1.exe
62bootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01
63.It Pa pbsdboot.exe
64bootloader executable file for Windows CE
65.It Pa hpcboot.exe
66new bootloader executable file for Windows CE
67.El
68.\"
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.\"
71.Xr kloader 4 ,
72.Xr hpcboot 8 ,
73.Xr hpcmips/pbsdboot 8
74.\"
75.Sh BUGS
76.\"
77There is no general way to launch a bootloader automatically
78while a few Windows CE machine provide an
79.Dq auto run
80mechanism.
81