Re: Using hpcboot with keyboard only

[Nikos Ntarmos <ntarmos%ceid.upatras.gr@localhost>]

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On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:32:18PM -0400, Michael Wileman wrote:
> The only reason I have to do this is because I cannot find a way to
> activate the "boot" button in hpcboot without the touchscreen. It's
> possible to tab through the other selections using just the keyboard,
> but the "boot" itself requires pressing the screen.

If you use WinCE only to boot your NetBSD system, you can:
1. add an Autorun.inf on the msdos partition of your cf [1, 2], and
2. activate the 'boot automatically' and the 'no confirmation' options
   of hpcboot (I don't remember the exact phrasing of these options but
   iirc they were under the 'options' tab).

That way, when the system fires up (right after the flashing-colors
Jornada screen), hpcboot will be executed and the system will switch to
NetBSD without any human intervention.

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[1] http://netbsd.org/Ports/hpcsh/autorun.inf.uu
[2] http://noth.ceid.upatras.gr/Misc/Autorun.inf
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