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3                PocketBSD boot loader for NetBSD/hpcmips
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5                            Sun May 23 1999
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8                                     Shin Takemura<takemura@ca2.so-net.ne.jp>
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110. What is this?
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13  This program load the NetBSD/hpcmips kernel and execute it.
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15  - All data on your PDA will be lost if the kernel boot successfully.
16  - NetBSD/hpcmips kernel is ELF format binary executable.
17  - This program supports only MIPS (especially NEC VR41X1 or VR4102 CPU)
18    platforms -- NEC MC-R series, CASIO E- series, Everex Freestyle and
19    others.
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211. How to use
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23  - Copy pbsdboot.exe and the kernel 'netbsd into your PDA and start
24    pbsdboot.exe.
25  - Select 'kernel name' and 'Frame buffer' appropriately.
26  - Push [boot] button.
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282. How to compile
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30  Use Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 and Windows CE toolkit for VC++ 5.0. It also
31  needs Embedded toolkit for accessing raw block device to support native
32  file system, FFS.
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34  VC++ 6.0 and toolkit 6.0 may works. But I've never tried.
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363. About version string
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38  If you modify this program and update pbsdboot.exe.uue, change version string
39  which is coded in main.c appropriately.
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41  The version string is in format:
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43    Version A.B.C YYYY.MM.DD
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45  in where:
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47    A: Don't change this.
48    B: Increment this number if you change program's behavior, fix some bugs
49       or add new features.
50    C: Increment this number if you change/add some parameters, constants or
51       windows' resources
52    YYYY.MM.DD: date
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