1.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.2 2004/04/03 15:24:42 wiz Exp $ 2.Dd April 3, 2004 3.Dt BOOT 8 hpcsh 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm boot 7.Nd system bootstrapping procedures 8.Sh DESCRIPTION 9Windows\ CE machines with 10.Tn SuperH 11CPUs use the 12.Xr hpcboot 8 13program to boot 14.Nx . 15Once running, 16.Nx 17can reboot itself if 18.Xr kloader 4 19is configured in the kernel. 20.Ss Power fail and crash recovery 21.\" 22Unfortunately, 23.Nx 24can't reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. 25The machine will go through the cold reset and boot into Windows\ CE. 26You will have to restart 27.Nx 28manually using 29.Xr hpcboot 8 . 30.Pp 31Once 32.Nx 33starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be 34performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user 35operations. 36.\" 37.Ss Cold starts 38.\" 39On cold reset Windows\ CE handheld machines attempt to boot the Windows\ CE 40operating system from the boot ROM. 41The boot ROM is usually not rewritable, so you cannot erase or damage 42Windows\ CE image. 43.Pp 44You can't boot 45.Nx 46directly, skipping Windows\ CE. 47The 48.Nx 49bootloader, 50.Xr hpcboot 8 , 51is provided as a Windows\ CE application program instead. 52Though the bootloader is an application program, it blows the entire 53running Windows\ CE, its data, and its settings away from RAM (but not 54ROM!\&) when the kernel boots successfully. 55If 56.Nx 57is halted the machine will go throught the cold reset and will reboot 58into Windows\ CE. 59.\" 60.Ss Normal Operation 61.\" 62Please, refer to the 63.Xr hpcboot 8 64manual page. 65.Sh FILES 66.\" 67.Bl -tag -width hpcboot.exe -compact 68.It Pa hpcboot.exe 69bootloader program for Windows\ CE 70.El 71.\" 72.Sh SEE ALSO 73.\" 74.Xr kloader 4 , 75.Xr hpcboot 8 76.\" 77.Sh BUGS 78.\" 79There is no general way to launch the bootloader automatically, as 80only a few Windows\ CE machines provide an 81.Dq auto run 82mechanism. 83