HPCBOOT(8) | System Manager's Manual | HPCBOOT(8) |
hpcboot
— load and
boot kernel from Windows CE
hpcboot.exe |
hpcboot
is a program that runs on
Windows CE. It loads and executes the specified
NetBSD kernel. hpcboot
supports hpcarm, hpcmips, and hpcsh ports.
Click on the “Boot” button to start the boot process
with selected options. Click on the “Cancel” button to exit
hpcboot
.
On this tab you can select the kernel to boot and options to pass to the kernel.
hpcboot
can load kernel and miniroot
from FAT and UFS filesystems, and via HTTP.
If you select md(4) memory disk root file system, you should specify the path name of the file system image in the text field below. Miniroot images compressed with gzip(1) are supported.
On this tab you can specify miscellaneous options that mostly
control the hpcboot
program itself.
hpcboot
will
automatically boot NetBSD after the specified
timeout.This tab gets its name from the big text area that
hpcboot
uses as the “console” to
report its progress.
hpcboot
itself. They control the bits of an
internal variable, the leftmost checkbox being the 7th bit.hpcboot
development.The hpcboot
utility first appeared in
NetBSD 1.6.
hpcboot
reads the entire kernel image at
once, and requires enough free area on the main memory.
April 3, 2004 | NetBSD 10.99 |