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