hpcboot —
load and boot kernel from Windows CE
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.
“Ss Kernel” Ss Tab
On this tab you can select the kernel to boot and options to pass to the kernel.
  - Directory
- In this combobox you specify the “current” directory. The
      kernel and miniroot image pathnames are taken to be relative to this
      directory.
    hpcbootcan load kernel and miniroot
        from FAT and UFS filesystems, and via HTTP.
 
- Kernel
- In this text field you specify the name of the kernel to load. Kernels
      compressed with gzip(1) are
      supported.
- Model
- Select your H/PC model in this combobox.
- Root File System
- This group of controls lets you specify the desired root file system type.
      You can select wd(4),
      sd(4),
      md(4), and NFS root.
    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. 
- Kernel Boot Flags
- This group of controls is used to pass boot flags to the kernel.
“Ss Option” Ss Tab
On this tab you can specify miscellaneous options that mostly control the
  hpcboot program itself.
  - Auto Boot
- If this option is selected hpcbootwill
      automatically boot NetBSD after the specified
      timeout.
- Reverse Video
- Tells kernel if it should use the framebuffer in reverse video mode.
- Pause Before Boot
- If selected, a warning dialog will be presented before
      anything is done, right after the “Boot” button is
    pressed.
- Load Debug Info
- This option currently does nothing.
- Safety Message
- If selected, a warning dialog will be presented after
      the kernel has been loaded and prepared to be started. This will be your
      last chance to cancel the boot.
- Extra Kernel Options
- In this text field you can specify additional options to pass to the
      kernel.
“Ss Console” Ss Tab
This tab gets its name from the big text area that
  hpcboot uses as the “console” to report
  its progress.
  - Save To File
- If checked, the progress log will be sent to the specified file
    instead.
- “Checkboxes Anonymous”
- The row of 8 checkboxes controls debugging options for
      hpcbootitself. They control the bits of an
      internal variable, the leftmost checkbox being the 7th bit.
- “Buttons Anonymous”
- The buttons “a” to “d” control 4
      “hooks” a developer might want to use during
      hpcbootdevelopment.
Thehpcboot utility first appeared in
  NetBSD 1.6.
hpcboot reads the entire kernel image at once, and
  requires enough free area on the main memory.