166 lines
4.4 KiB
Groff
166 lines
4.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: hpcboot.8,v 1.5 2005/05/17 13:51:34 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Valeriy E. Ushakov
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd April 3, 2004
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.Dt HPCBOOT 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm hpcboot
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.Nd load and boot kernel from Windows\ CE
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm hpcboot.exe
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is a program that runs on Windows\ CE.
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It loads and executes the specified
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.Nx
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kernel.
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.Nm
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supports hpcarm, hpcmips, and hpcsh ports.
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.Pp
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Click on the
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.Dq Boot
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button to start the boot process with selected options.
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Click on the
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.Dq Cancel
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button to exit
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.Nm .
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.\"
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.Ss Do Ss Kernel Dc Ss Tab
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.\"
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On this tab you can select the kernel to boot and options to pass to
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the kernel.
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.Bl -tag -width "xx"
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.It Directory
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In this combobox you specify the
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.Dq current
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directory.
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The kernel and miniroot image pathnames are taken to be relative to
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this directory.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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can load kernel and miniroot from FAT and UFS filesystems, and via
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HTTP.
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.\" FIXME: describe the syntax for each of the above
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.It Kernel
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In this text field you specify the name of the kernel to load.
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Kernels compressed with
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.Xr gzip 1
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are supported.
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.It Model
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Select your H/PC model in this combobox.
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.It Root File System
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This group of controls lets you specify the desired root file system
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type.
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You can select
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.Xr wd 4 ,
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.Xr sd 4 ,
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.Xr md 4 ,
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and NFS root.
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.Pp
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If you select
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.Xr md 4
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memory disk root file system, you should specify the path name of the
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file system image in the text field below.
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Miniroot images compressed with
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.Xr gzip 1
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are supported.
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.It Kernel Boot Flags
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This group of controls is used to pass boot flags to the kernel.
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.El
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.\"
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.Ss Do Ss Option Dc Ss Tab
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.\"
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On this tab you can specify miscellaneous options that mostly control the
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.Nm
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program itself.
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.Bl -tag -width "xx"
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.It Auto Boot
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If this option is selected
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.Nm
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will automatically boot
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.Nx
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after the specified timeout.
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.It Reverse Video
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Tells kernel if it should use the framebuffer in reverse video mode.
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.It Pause Before Boot
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If selected, a warning dialog will be presented
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.Em before
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anything is done, right after the
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.Dq Boot
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button is pressed.
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.It Load Debug Info
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This option currently does nothing.
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.It Safety Message
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If selected, a warning dialog will be presented
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.Em after
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the kernel has been loaded and prepared to be started.
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This will be your last chance to cancel the boot.
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.It Extra Kernel Options
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In this text field you can specify additional options to pass to the
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kernel.
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.El
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.\"
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.Ss Do Ss Console Dc Ss Tab
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.\"
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This tab gets its name from the big text area that
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.Nm
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uses as the
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.Dq console
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to report its progress.
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.Bl -tag -width "xx"
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.It Save To File
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If checked, the progress log will be sent to the specified file instead.
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.It Dq Checkboxes Anonymous
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The row of 8 checkboxes controls debugging options for
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.Nm
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itself.
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They control the bits of an internal variable, the leftmost checkbox
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being the 7th bit.
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.It Dq Buttons Anonymous
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The buttons
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.Dq a
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to
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.Dq d
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control 4
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.Dq hooks
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a developer might want to use during
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.Nm
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development.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kloader 4 ,
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.Xr boot 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 .
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.Sh BUGS
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.Nm
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reads the entire kernel image at once,
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and requires enough free area on the main memory.
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