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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/man8.hpcmips/boot.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.hpcmips/boot.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..13f00fc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.hpcmips/boot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.5 2017/02/17 22:30:28 christos Exp $ +.Dd February 17, 2017 +.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 hpcmips/pbsdboot 8 +or +.Xr hpcboot 8 . +Though the bootloaders are application programs, +they blow away the entire Windows CE OS and its settings +when the kernel boots successfully. +.\" +.Ss Normal Operation +.\" +Once running, a familiar window will appear. +You can choose the machine type, kernel file location and kernel boot +options with a GUI and push the button named +.Dq Li [boot] +to boot +.Nx . +.\" +.Ss Automatic mode +.\" +The bootloaders have an +.Dq Li auto boot +option. +If you enable this option, the specified kernel will be loaded +automatically after a countdown. +.\" +.Sh FILES +.\" +.Bl -tag -width pbsdboot1.exe -compact +.It Pa /netbsd +system kernel +.It Pa /netbsd.gz +gzip-compressed kernel +.It Pa pbsdboot1.exe +bootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01 +.It Pa pbsdboot.exe +bootloader executable file for Windows CE +.It Pa hpcboot.exe +new bootloader executable file for Windows CE +.El +.\" +.Sh SEE ALSO +.\" +.Xr kloader 4 , +.Xr hpcboot 8 , +.Xr hpcmips/pbsdboot 8 +.\" +.Sh BUGS +.\" +There is no general way to launch a bootloader automatically +while a few Windows CE machine provide an +.Dq auto run +mechanism. |
