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27.Dd January 13, 2006
28.Dt BOOT 8 hpcarm
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm boot
32.Nd system bootstrapping procedures
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34Windows\ CE machines with
35.Tn StrongARM
36CPUs use the
37.Xr hpcboot 8
38program to boot
39.Nx .
40.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
41.\"
42Unfortunately,
43.Nx
44can't reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
45The machine will go through the cold reset and boot into Windows\ CE.
46You will have to restart
47.Nx
48manually using
49.Xr hpcboot 8 .
50.Pp
51Once
52.Nx
53starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be
54performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user
55operations.
56.\"
57.Ss Cold starts
58.\"
59On cold reset Windows\ CE handheld machines attempt to boot the Windows\ CE
60operating system from the boot ROM.
61The boot ROM is usually not rewritable, so you cannot erase or damage
62Windows\ CE image.
63.Pp
64You can't boot
65.Nx
66directly, skipping Windows\ CE.
67The
68.Nx
69bootloader,
70.Xr hpcboot 8 ,
71is provided as a Windows\ CE application program instead.
72Though the bootloader is an application program, it blows the entire
73running Windows\ CE, its data, and its settings away from RAM (but not
74ROM!\&) when the kernel boots successfully.
75If
76.Nx
77is halted the machine will go through the cold reset and will reboot
78into Windows\ CE.
79.\"
80.Ss Normal Operation
81.\"
82Please, refer to the
83.Xr hpcboot 8
84manual page.
85.Sh FILES
86.\"
87.Bl -tag -width hpcboot.exe -compact
88.It Pa hpcboot.exe
89bootloader program for Windows\ CE
90.El
91.\"
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.\"
94.Xr hpcboot 8
95.\"
96.Sh BUGS
97.\"
98There is no general way to launch the bootloader automatically, as
99only a few Windows\ CE machines provide an
100.Dq auto run
101mechanism.
102.Pp
103This port doesn't support
104.Xr kloader 4 ,
105which means that when the system is rebooted, it goes back to Windows\ CE.
106