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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