BOOT(8)             NetBSD/hpcmips System Manager's Manual             BOOT(8)

NAME
     boot -- system bootstrapping procedures

DESCRIPTION
   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 sys-
     tems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume
     multi-user operations.

   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 NetBSD
     directly skipping Windows CE.  The NetBSD bootloaders are provided as
     application programs on Windows CE instead.  You can choose pbsdboot(8)
     or hpcboot(8).  Though the bootloaders are application programs, they
     blow away the entire Windows CE OS and its settings when the kernel boots
     successfully.

   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 ``[boot]'' to boot NetBSD.

   Automatic mode
     The bootloaders have an ``auto boot'' option.  If you enable this option,
     the specified kernel will be loaded automatically after a countdown.

FILES
     /netbsd        system kernel
     /netbsd.gz     gzip-compressed kernel
     pbsdboot1.exe  bootloader executable file for Windows CE version 1.01
     pbsdboot.exe   bootloader executable file for Windows CE
     hpcboot.exe    new bootloader executable file for Windows CE

SEE ALSO
     kloader(4), hpcboot(8), pbsdboot(8)

BUGS
     There is no general way to launch a bootloader automatically while a few
     Windows CE machine provide an ``auto run'' mechanism.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE                 May 5, 2003                NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
