boot.8 revision 1.1
$NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.1 2003/05/07 13:14:51 takemura Exp $
.Dd May 5, 2003 .Dt BOOT 8 hpcmips .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
Unfortunately, on most machines, the system can't reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. You might have to restart the system manually. Once the system starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
.Ss Cold starts
Typical MIPS based Windows CE Handheld machines attempt to boot Windows CE operating system in its own boot ROM. You can't boot the .Nx directly skipping Windows CE. The .Nx bootloaders are provided as application programs on Windows CE instead. You can choose .Xr pbsdboot 8 or hpcboot. Though the bootloaders are application programs, they blow away entire Windows CE OS and it's settings when kernel boots successfully.
.Ss Normal Operation
Once running, a familiar window will appear. You can choose machine type, kernel file locaion and kernel boot options with GUI and push the button named .Dq Li [boot] to boot the .Nx .
.Ss Automatic mode
The bootloaders have .Dq Li auto boot option. If you enable this option, specified kernel will be loaded automatically after a countdown.
.Sh FILES
l -tag -width pbsdboot1.exe -compact t Pa /netbsd system code t Pa /netbsd.gz gzip-compressed system code t Pa pbsdboot1.exe bootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01 t Pa pbsdboot.exe bootloader executable file for Windows CE t Pa hpcboot.exe new bootloader executable file for Windows CE .El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pbsdboot 8 , hpcboot
.Sh BUGS
You don't have a general way to launch a bootloader automatically while a few Windows CE machine provides .Dq auto run mechanism.
.Dd May 5, 2003 .Dt BOOT 8 hpcmips .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION
.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
Unfortunately, on most machines, the system can't reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. You might have to restart the system manually. Once the system starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
.Ss Cold starts
Typical MIPS based Windows CE Handheld machines attempt to boot Windows CE operating system in its own boot ROM. You can't boot the .Nx directly skipping Windows CE. The .Nx bootloaders are provided as application programs on Windows CE instead. You can choose .Xr pbsdboot 8 or hpcboot. Though the bootloaders are application programs, they blow away entire Windows CE OS and it's settings when kernel boots successfully.
.Ss Normal Operation
Once running, a familiar window will appear. You can choose machine type, kernel file locaion and kernel boot options with GUI and push the button named .Dq Li [boot] to boot the .Nx .
.Ss Automatic mode
The bootloaders have .Dq Li auto boot option. If you enable this option, specified kernel will be loaded automatically after a countdown.
.Sh FILES
l -tag -width pbsdboot1.exe -compact t Pa /netbsd system code t Pa /netbsd.gz gzip-compressed system code t Pa pbsdboot1.exe bootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01 t Pa pbsdboot.exe bootloader executable file for Windows CE t Pa hpcboot.exe new bootloader executable file for Windows CE .El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pbsdboot 8 , hpcboot
.Sh BUGS
You don't have a general way to launch a bootloader automatically while a few Windows CE machine provides .Dq auto run mechanism.