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+.\" $NetBSD: hpcboot.8,v 1.6 2019/12/23 17:31:54 reed Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Valeriy E. Ushakov
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd April 3, 2004
+.Dt HPCBOOT 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm hpcboot
+.Nd load and boot kernel from Windows\ CE
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm hpcboot.exe
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+is a program that runs on Windows\ CE.
+It loads and executes the specified
+.Nx
+kernel.
+.Nm
+supports hpcarm, hpcmips, and hpcsh ports.
+.Pp
+Click on the
+.Dq Boot
+button to start the boot process with selected options.
+Click on the
+.Dq Cancel
+button to exit
+.Nm .
+.\"
+.Ss Kernel Tab
+.\"
+On this tab you can select the kernel to boot and options to pass to
+the kernel.
+.Bl -tag -width "xx"
+.It Directory
+In this combobox you specify the
+.Dq current
+directory.
+The kernel and miniroot image pathnames are taken to be relative to
+this directory.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+can load kernel and miniroot from FAT and UFS filesystems, and via
+HTTP.
+.\" FIXME: describe the syntax for each of the above
+.It Kernel
+In this text field you specify the name of the kernel to load.
+Kernels compressed with
+.Xr gzip 1
+are supported.
+.It Model
+Select your H/PC model in this combobox.
+.It Root File System
+This group of controls lets you specify the desired root file system
+type.
+You can select
+.Xr wd 4 ,
+.Xr sd 4 ,
+.Xr md 4 ,
+and NFS root.
+.Pp
+If you select
+.Xr md 4
+memory disk root file system, you should specify the path name of the
+file system image in the text field below.
+Miniroot images compressed with
+.Xr gzip 1
+are supported.
+.It Kernel Boot Flags
+This group of controls is used to pass boot flags to the kernel.
+.El
+.\"
+.Ss Option Tab
+.\"
+On this tab you can specify miscellaneous options that mostly control the
+.Nm
+program itself.
+.Bl -tag -width "xx"
+.It Auto Boot
+If this option is selected
+.Nm
+will automatically boot
+.Nx
+after the specified timeout.
+.It Reverse Video
+Tells kernel if it should use the framebuffer in reverse video mode.
+.It Pause Before Boot
+If selected, a warning dialog will be presented
+.Em before
+anything is done, right after the
+.Dq Boot
+button is pressed.
+.It Load Debug Info
+This option currently does nothing.
+.It Safety Message
+If selected, a warning dialog will be presented
+.Em after
+the kernel has been loaded and prepared to be started.
+This will be your last chance to cancel the boot.
+.It Extra Kernel Options
+In this text field you can specify additional options to pass to the
+kernel.
+.El
+.\"
+.Ss Console Tab
+.\"
+This tab gets its name from the big text area that
+.Nm
+uses as the
+.Dq console
+to report its progress.
+.Bl -tag -width "xx"
+.It Save To File
+If checked, the progress log will be sent to the specified file instead.
+.It Dq Checkboxes Anonymous
+The row of 8 checkboxes controls debugging options for
+.Nm
+itself.
+They control the bits of an internal variable, the leftmost checkbox
+being the 7th bit.
+.It Dq Buttons Anonymous
+The buttons
+.Dq a
+to
+.Dq d
+control 4
+.Dq hooks
+a developer might want to use during
+.Nm
+development.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr kloader 4 ,
+.Xr boot 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+utility first appeared in
+.Nx 1.6 .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+reads the entire kernel image at once,
+and requires enough free area on the main memory.