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27.Dd April 3, 2004
28.Dt BOOT 8 hpcsh
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm boot
32.Nd system bootstrapping procedures
33.Sh DESCRIPTION
34Windows\ CE machines with
35.Tn SuperH
36CPUs use the
37.Xr hpcboot 8
38program to boot
39.Nx .
40Once running,
41.Nx
42can reboot itself if
43.Xr kloader 4
44is configured in the kernel.
45.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
46.\"
47Unfortunately,
48.Nx
49can't reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
50The machine will go through the cold reset and boot into Windows\ CE.
51You will have to restart
52.Nx
53manually using
54.Xr hpcboot 8 .
55.Pp
56Once
57.Nx
58starts, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be
59performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user
60operations.
61.\"
62.Ss Cold starts
63.\"
64On cold reset Windows\ CE handheld machines attempt to boot the Windows\ CE
65operating system from the boot ROM.
66The boot ROM is usually not rewritable, so you cannot erase or damage
67Windows\ CE image.
68.Pp
69You can't boot
70.Nx
71directly, skipping Windows\ CE.
72The
73.Nx
74bootloader,
75.Xr hpcboot 8 ,
76is provided as a Windows\ CE application program instead.
77Though the bootloader is an application program, it blows the entire
78running Windows\ CE, its data, and its settings away from RAM (but not
79ROM!\&) when the kernel boots successfully.
80If
81.Nx
82is halted the machine will go through the cold reset and will reboot
83into Windows\ CE.
84.\"
85.Ss Normal Operation
86.\"
87Please, refer to the
88.Xr hpcboot 8
89manual page.
90.Sh FILES
91.\"
92.Bl -tag -width hpcboot.exe -compact
93.It Pa hpcboot.exe
94bootloader program for Windows\ CE
95.El
96.\"
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.\"
99.Xr kloader 4 ,
100.Xr hpcboot 8
101.\"
102.Sh BUGS
103.\"
104There is no general way to launch the bootloader automatically, as
105only a few Windows\ CE machines provide an
106.Dq auto run
107mechanism.
108